Gollach

The Gollach at Aub - Balder Home

The Gollach is a right tributary of the Tauber in Middle and Lower Franconia. It flows from the edge of the Steigerwald coming as a central watercourse in a wide valley heritage fertile arable landscape dominated Gollachgau from east to west. Closer to the receiving water in the relatively low-lying Tauber Valley, the Gollach more cuts into the landscape and forms a striking valley that Gollachtal.

Course

The Gollach is about 29 km long and produced in the region of a barely visible Talwasserscheide between Herbolzheim and Ulsenheim on the southwestern edge of the Steigerwald to 337.6 m. It flows in a westerly direction through the gently undulating, used intensively for agricultural Gollachgau past Ulsenheim ( Markt Nordheim ), the small town of Uffenheim and the places Gollachostheim ( Gollhofen ) Lipprichhausen ( Hemmersheim ) and Hemmersheim. After the small town of Aub the Gollach turns off towards the southwest and cuts deep into the environment. Finally it flows into Bieberehren to 244 m in the Tauber.

The catchment area covers 162 square kilometers, to the north and east it is bounded by those of some tributaries of the River Main, in particular the Aisch, the south and west compete other tributaries of the Tauber with her.

Geology and morphology

The Gollach rises in the clayey layers of gypsum Keuper. In Gollachgau it cuts to the clayey- marly Lower Keuper. In Aub it begins deep cut into the hard limestones of Muschelkalk. The different rock characteristics are clearly reflected in the valley shape. In the area of Uffenheim the layer package something ( Uffenheimer saddle) bulges. Since local rocks of the Muschelkalk are broached the valley is also briefly pronounced.

River system Gollach

See list of running water in the river system Gollach