Andelsbach

Course of Andel Bach

The Andelsbach, formerly known as the Andel and Andelsbach, is a 27 -kilometer-long ( with source streams 30 km ) south (right ) side of the river Ablach and, through this, a tributary of the Danube. Thus Andelsbach belongs to the Danube river system.

Geography

His springs rise just north of the main European watershed east of the Most High ( 833 m above sea level. NN ) and north of glassworks, in the municipality of Illmensee in the southernmost point of the county Sigmaringen. Its two source streams unite in the district Illwangen.

On his way north to Ablach Andelsbach flows through the Illmensee ( 691 m above sea level. NN ) and the eponymous town Illmensee to dine ( 691 m above sea level. NN ) then the Ruschweiler lake. He passed the hamlet Gampenhof and Andelsbach and the place Denkingen. He then flows east of the city Pfullendorf, past Zell am Andelsbach and Schwäblishausen to Hausen am Andelsbach and Krauchenwies. In Krauchenwies it flows into the Ablach.

Etymology

The hydronym andal or stay is probably of Celtic origin, possibly meaning " whirlpool " or " water movement against the shore ." He is with the old Occitan word andalhon " water movement " comparable. Another example of hydronyms that contain the word stay, the Andelle, a 57 km long river in Normandy.

History

The Postal Bittelschieß was detected on the Won " Postal ", which is divided into the so-called Front and Rear Postal, a hill next to the present state road 456 Krauchenwies to Pfullendorf, by archaeological excavations. The castle was above the present Knaus mill that had a medieval Barbican, and not far from a Celtic ring Walles in the northeast corner of Gewanns Postal on the local access road to Ablach. The Won " Postal " rises 600-660 meters above sea level on the left side and above the confluence of Kehlbach and Andelsbach. The hill is the gravel deposit of the middle Rhine glacier area. Right side of the creek Andel is located in the southwest corner of Gewanns " Schlossbühl " another Celtic ring wall.

Environment

Water quality

On 2 May 2008, a consumption warning by the district administration Sigmaringen, Department of Consumer Protection and Veterinary Office was pronounced for fish in Andelsbach. The Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office in Freiburg objected to the high concentration of malachite green in the test samples. On 26 January 2009 fish from the Andelsbach were again taken in the area of ​​community Krauchenwies and examined. These fish are not objectionable with respect to malachite green, according to findings of 9 February 2009. On the basis of these findings, the consumption warning was lifted.

Gallery

Andelsbach at Hausen am Andelsbach

Confluence of Andelsbach (left) and Kehlbach (right)