Echaz

The Echaz according to their source in Honau

The Echaz is a 23 km long river in the middle of Baden -Württemberg, which drains a part of the middle Albtrauf in the neighborhood of the city of Reutlingen to the northwest to the upper Neckar way in which it joins from the right at Kirchentellinsfurt.

Geography

Echazquellen

The origin of the Echaz is hard on the escarpment south of the hamlet Honau the community Lichtenstein. The Echazquellen are below Lichtenstein Castle at an altitude of 577 m above sea level. NHN almost a kilometer and thunderstorms continues on the southeastern tip of the auskeilenden open corridor of a valley up to be wooded and steep ravines to Ohafelsen.

These sources pouring of 60 liters / sec to 2000 l / s, an average of about 680 l / s In several places the water comes out, which accumulates in the stream bed. A large part of the spring water is, however, taken before his departure and fed after treatment in the drinking water supply of the region, which also makes use of other water, such as Lake Constance. The lower Echazquellen pour most. They have an underground catchment area of about 90 km ², that is still far south continues beyond the very near aboveground main European watershed at the escarpment of the plateau of the Swabian Alb in the karst aquifer.

Course

The Echaz continues through Lichtenstein, the district Unterhausen and the cities Pfullingen and Reutlingen. There, settled in the Middle Ages craft on their banks to, which since the 19th century was followed by industrial companies, which heavily loaded the Echaz with their wastewater until the mid- 1980 's. Below Wannweil ​​leaves the river the district of Reutlingen and flows then in Kirchentellinsfurt from right to 305.5 m above sea level. NHN into the Neckar. The river has so on the 22 km flow path of the Echazquellen to the mouth of an average bed slope of about 13 ‰.

Inflows

  • Supreme potential source of Echaz the south - Ohafelsen below Lichtenstein Castle at about 690 m above sea level. NHN.
  • Long Meadow Brook, from the left in the southern Lichtenstein, 1.214 km and 1.91 km ².
  • Tearing Bach, from left in Lichtenstein, 2.272 km and 4.986 km ².
  • Stahlecker Bach from the Zeller Valley, right on the northern edge of Lichtenstein- Hausen, 3.096 km and 8.895 km ².
  • Army Gassenbach, from right in Pfullingen in the local Echazkanal, 1.295 km.
  • Eggs Bach, from left on the southern edge of Pfullingen, 4.98 km and 12.341 km ².
  • Arbach, right between Pfullingen and Reutlingen, 6.744 km and 22.095 km ².
  • Kaibach from the left in Reutlingen - Betzingen, 4.311 km and 5.357 km ².
  • Leyrenbach, from right in Betzingen, 1.231 km.
  • Breitenbach, from left in Betzingen, 8.866 km and 16.810 km ².
  • Ersbergbach, right at the Betzinger treatment plant, 0.808 km.
  • Fallenbach, right before Wannweil ​​, 0.671 km.
  • First Bach, from the left in Wannweil ​​, 7.088 km and 6.777 km ².
  • Kling Wiesbach, from right in Wannweil ​​, 1.468 km and 0.959 km ².
  • Heck Bach, from the left in Wannweil ​​, 4.853 km and 13.153 km ².
  • Protect house ditch from the right in the north When Weil, 0.739 km.
  • Waldrandbächle, right in the north When Weil, 0.287 km.
  • Boundary ditch, right on the municipal boundary to Kirchentellinsfurt, 0.981 km.
  • Mouth of the Echaz on the western edge of Kirchentellinsfurt to about 305.5 m above sea level. NHN. The water here is 22.845 km long on Ohafelsen and has a catchment area of ​​114.994 km ² behind.

Hydropower

The power of Echazwassers is still used to generate electricity, some with historic facilities such as the Baumann 's mill in Pfullingen with electricity for up to 40 households, some even with modern, newly built facilities such as the Reutlinger ZOB (electricity for 30 households). In Pfullingen were in the 19th century, up to 34 drives in water use, in Reutlingen 27

Farm

Fish farming has been an early stage operated at the Echaz. Thus, as the documentary first mention of Honau in connection with fishing rights. Even today Honau is widely known for its restaurants with trout specialties.

Theme Trails

In 2005, the Pfullingen wassererlebnispfad Echaz was established in Reutlingen has been around for some years the Echaz - shore path, both of which deal with ecology and geology of the river. In Betzingen worth taking a look at the worm patches in Echazbett the new schoolhouse.

Flood 2013

From the flood disaster of 2013 in Central Europe in late May and early June were also affected the villages of the upper Echaztals between Lichtenstein and Reutlingen after prolonged rainfall.

Reutlingen (district) Breitenbach (Echaz) Johann Heinrich Zedler
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