Biberbach (Danube)

The Beaver Brook in Langenenslingen, shortly after its origin

The Beaver Brook is a left tributary of the Danube in the district of Biberach in Baden- Württemberg.

Beavers source

About 750 meters above Langenenslingen stems from the beaver creek in a karst spring. The bluish Quelltopf is the Upper Mill is privately owned. It has a diameter of about 20 m. The water comes from the level of the cement marl of the Jurassic. The artesian groundwater occurs with a bed of 80 l / s to 560 l / s to days. The bed was enough to run a mill at least since the 13th century. Today, the source of private power generation serves.

Course

Even in Langenenslingen gets the beaver creek the first inflow through the Karst Bach Langwatte which arises from the west Coming in foothills of the Swabian Alb. His main east flow direction following, the creek crosses now the district of Andelfingen and receives further supply by the Soppenbach. Between Andelfingen and Altheim the third tributary, the Altbach, comes from the north added Coming. In Altheim the beaver creek bends to the south, only to end in a curve to the north into the Danube.