Erms

The Erin's in Seeburg shortly after its origin

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The Erin's is about 32.5 km long, mainly northwest -aligned, right tributary of the Neckar in Baden- Württemberg. It rises in the north of the central Swabian Alb, flows through the Ermstal named after her and ends in Albvorland. The river and its tributaries have carved a powerful Stirnseitental in the front of the Albtrauf.

Geography

The Ermstal one of the largest valley systems, which cut from the northwest in the escarpment of the Swabian Alb and dissect them. The river system of the Rhine is much deeper cut than that of the upper Danube on the south side of the Alps, so that the rivers in the valleys gradually transfer the main European watershed at the expense of the Danube basin by headward erosion. By here especially near the escarpment running Neckar and the large height difference between them grew enough of Erin's erosive power to form one of the most striking valleys of Albtrauf. The valley is rich in karst phenomena. The stepped through Kalksinterablagerungen longitudinal profile was once more evident than it is today by several natural reservoirs and facilitated through the slightly exploitable hydropower commercial development along the river.

Ermsursprung

A process called " Ermsursprung " designated source is located about a kilometer southeast of the village Seeburg in Mill Valley. The average bed of the karst spring is 400 liters per second (equivalent to 24 cubic meters per minute), after heavy rainfall up to 1000 l / s.

Course

In Seeburg flowing from Fischburgtal coming of the much longer Fischbach, whose valley is part of the western boundary of the former military training area Münsingen. Here Mill Valley, Fischburgtal and the opening out of the south valley form a tripartite Talspinne.

Between Seeburg and Bad Urach the Erms flows through the upper Ermstal which forms here on long distances the mountian border of the plateau villages Wittlingen and Sirchingen. The part of the valley is dominated by the opposite here closely wooded and winning of Jurassic rocks slopes of Albtrauf. Until the 19th century there were more natural, pent up by Kalktuffbarren lakes. Since the tufa ( precipitated chalk) is an easy to winning good building material, the lakes gradually disappeared.

In the area of the old town of Urach is the center of another Talspinne. This river flows from the east, the multibranched valley system of Elsach whose sources lie in the Falkensteiner Cave and Elsachbröller. From the southwest, from her Maisental where the Urach waterfall and the goods are Wasserfall, opens the Brühlbach. Below Urach widens the eroded through Erin's Stufenrandtal. Further down the valley, the trail of the early use of the water power of the Erin's increase during industrialization. In Dettingen still exists a paper factory.

In Neuhausen Glems stream flows. Here, as in Metzingen accompany vineyards of the river course. The Erin's leaves the valley of the Jura Mountains and passes into the Albvorland. Below Riederich opens the Riederich Bach. After the river Bempflingen has happened, it flows into Neckartenzlingen into the Neckar, the water over the Rhine reaches the North Sea.

Inflows

• Trail finger stream headwaters in the valley of Ermsursprungs, ca, 2.2 km.
• Fischbach, from right in Bad Urach - Seeburg, 10.6 km and 33.4 km ². The Erin's finger together with the Trail creek is at the confluence of only 3.6 km long and has an above-ground there catchment area of only 8.7 square kilometers ..
• Seebach, from left in Seeburg, 1.3 km away.
• Mite fountain, right in the engine channel, 1.2 km.
• Carbon Teichgraben, from left, 1.5 km away.
• Jacob's well, from the right, 0.6 km.
• Grindelwald Bach, from left, 1.2 km.
• Fischer fountain, from left, at 0.3 km.
• About Eich, from the right in the engine channel, 0.4 km.
• Sirchinger waterfall, from left, 0,1 km.
• Wittlinger Bach, from the right, 1.8 km away.
• Meadow ditch from the right, 0.1 km.
• Notte Bach, from left, 1.1 km.
• Elsach, from the right, 5.3 km and 30.5 km ².
• Seltbachtal, from left, 0,5 km.
• Brühlbach, from left, 3.4 km and 6.9 km ².
• Stove Tern ditch from the right in the Ermskanal, 0,5 km.
• Gweidachgraben, from the right in the Ermskanal 0.4 km.
• Talgraben, from the right, 3.6 km and 4.2 km ².
• Krebsgraben, from the right, 1.5 km away.
• Ross Triebenbach, from left, 1.7 km away.
• Lochbach, from the right, 1.4 km away.
• Peter lands ditch, from left, 1.1 km.
• Availing Bach, from the right, 1.4 km away.
• Saubronnenbach, from left, 1.3 km away.
• Saulbach, from the right, 2.3 km and 1.9 km ².
• Book Bach / Scheulerbach from the left in the Lohmühlkanal, 3.3 km away.
• Vogelherdhöhle Bach, from the left in the Lohmühlkanal 0.8 km.
• Hölzle Bach, from left, 1.1 km.
• Brühlbach, from the right, 1.8 km away.
• Korrenbach, from the right, 2.0 km.
• Linde Bach, from the right, 3.4 km and 3.9 km ².

Name and history

The name of Erin's goes back to the Roman Armissa, which may in turn has pre-Roman output points themselves.

During Roman times, was the strategic location of the Talaustritts, at the site of the present Metzingen, an important Roman settlement, which was called Vicus Armissium. In the Alemannic time the Ermstal Swiggerstal was called, later the name used until the 15th century as a landscape designation was applied to a larger area ( Gau? ) Transmitted. The places were in the Middle Ages Württemberg and share his fate since then. In the 16th century, therefore, all situated on the Erin's municipalities were reformed.

Within Württemberg were the settlements to Oberamt Urach, only Neckartenzlingen was part of Oberamts Nürtingen. The Uracher places went in 1938 with the dissolution of the circle Urach mainly transferred to the district of Reutlingen. Bempflingen came with Neckartenzlingen to the district Nürtingen, 1973 the district of Esslingen; the villages above Urach as Seeburg, whiting and Sirchingen, came to the district in 1938 Münsingen, 1973 also to the district of Reutlingen.