Grabenbach

The grave creek flows in the urban area of Meßkirch in the Ablach. During his approximately 8.3 -kilometer course he changes his name several times: Dorfbach, Talbach, pond creek, mill creek, city creek, grave creek, in earlier times, partly Heudorfer Bach.

Dorfbach

(0,0 - 5.3 km from the source)

The river originates approximately one kilometer west of Altheim, a little haven of community Leibertingen (48 ° 0 ' N, 9 ° 1' O47.99559.0161111111111 ) in 692 meters above sea level. It flows through the villages of Altheim and belonging to Meßkirch former municipality Heudorf in predominantly easterly direction. In both places is called the brook village stream. (Atlas Heudorf, 1872 ), ( TK, 1925 and 2001)

At the entrance of Heudorf the stream is fed by two springs which about 100 meters on the right side. This inflow can also be seen in the village Heudorfer view of 1575. He feeds the village stream all year round with water, while the stream bed of Altheim ago falls often dry in summer and autumn.

Talbach or Thalbach

( 5.3 to 6.1 miles from the source: 47 ° 59 '35 " N, 9 ° 5' 12" O47.9930555555569.0866666666667 )

From about the Gemarkungsgrenze of Heudorf towards Meßkirch called the brook now Talbach, in earlier documents valley creek. He drove past the Talmuhle, the birthplace of the composer Conradin Kreutzer. For the operation of Talmuhle the creek was dammed up above the mill to a small pond.

Shortly before the Talmuhle spanning since 1989, the 20 meter high Talbachviadukt the main road B311/B313 the valley.

Weiherbach

( 6.1 to 7.5 miles from the source: 47 ° 59 ' 40 "N, 9 ° 5' 45 " O47.9944444444449.0958333333333 )

When Talmuhle the valley makes a sharp bend from south to east. The valley now has a very shallow, about 50 feet wide valley floor and up a very steep, about 20 meters high slope on the north side of the valley. This is one of the few dry slopes in the area. During the Battle of Meßkirch on May 5, 1800 this section of the valley served as a natural fortress.

750 meters below the Talmuhle drove the earlier the Bach Lohmühle at (47 ° 59 ' 40 "N, 9 ° 5' 48" O47.9944444444449.0966666666667 ). The old, about 400 meters long Mühlkanal is indeed expired, but its history can be seen directly or well below the escarpment. The mill was probably built around 1690 to replace the earlier Lower Talmuhle and received after the proper name Lohmühle (Fischer, 1998 page 54 " Lohmühle ").

Another 250 meters down stream was the oil mill ( 47 ° 59 ' 40 "N, 9 ° 6' 0" O47.9944444444449.1 ), which completely burnt down in the 1980s by arson. She was subsequently replaced by an apartment building. Just a few meters below the old mill spring two karst springs on the left side of the pond creek (47 ° 59 ' 41 "N, 9 ° 6' 5" O47.9947222222229.1013888888889 ). Presumably they are the one kilometers north-west situated sip hole in Sautal fed (47 ° 59 ' 53 "N, 9 ° 5' 17 " O47.9980555555569.0880555555556 ). However, the two leading sources contrary to the description given there water all year round.

The pond creek flows through two bath, indicate their names on former pond:

• In Lagoon: The creek flows through this Won directly above the Lohmühle (47 ° 59 ' 39 " N, 9 ° 5' 40 " O47.9941666666679.0944444444444 ). Probably there were in the flat valley floor once a pond. (Fischer, 1998)
• On Weiherdamm: In the 18th century, is still within the limit of the setter marked " Stately Weyher " listed. On the Cityscape of 1575 are on the top left, just inside the border Etter to see two ponds. It should in each case be the Won the pond dam, for example, the found in the Atlas of 1872 about after today's Gröberhaus ( former hospital) (47 ° 59 ' 40 "N, 9 ° 6' 22" O47.9944444444449.1061111111111 ).

Mill creek or pond creek?

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( 7.5 to 7.75 miles from the source: 47 ° 59 ' 43 "N, 9 ° 6' 32 " O47.9952777777789.1088888888889 )

About 600 feet below the old mill drives the creek today the Mauchenmühle at (47 ° 59 ' 43 "N, 9 ° 6' 33 " O47.9952777777789.1091666666667 ). Their mill wheel is replaced, however, to generate electricity for a long time through a turbine. The mill itself was in operation until about 1995. The Mauchenmühle was called in former times also Angermühle because it was accessible through the Angertor from the city. Mauchenmühle it was probably after its owner Jacob called Mauch ( 1561 ). (Fischer, 1998 page 54 " Behind the Mauchenmühle " )

Whether the stream only in this area was called the Mill Stream, is not clear. In earlier times, the entire stream of Heudorf to Meßkirch as Heudorfer Bach or Heudorfer Mühlbach was called. (Fischer, 1998 page 54 " Behind the Mauchenmühle " ) On the other hand, carries the brook in the topographic map of 1988 there the name Weiherbach and also in the Cadastral from 1872 the creek itself will continue brook downstream Adlerplatz still referred to as pond creek. Considering the many details of such Cadastral but may be wrong also this source.

Just below the Mauchenmühle the Mühlkanal flows back into the mill stream which is verdolt from this point. It flows 50 meters underground through the so-called White Castle to the Eagle Square.

City creek or pond creek?

( 7.75 to 7.85 miles from the source: 47 ° 59 ' 40 "N, 9 ° 6' 39" O47.9944722222229.1108333333333 )

Until the reorganization of the eagle square around the year 1967, the creek was open and was lined with tall chestnut trees.

In (Home, 1990) describes the Bach have in the area of ​​Eagle Square the name Stadtbach. In the plans of the Cadastral about 1872 the creek bears at this point, however, the name of Pond creek. It is therefore also possible that this part of the stream was named only in the vernacular city creek. On top of that ( Restle, 1932) with the term Stadtbach the Mühlkanal designated by the city, which has until the mid- 1960s, flows through the city. However, there are today in the city center, the channel lane, a lane parallel to the previous city canal. Therefore, it is very likely that in (Home, 1990) names listed used at least in the vernacular so were as follows:

• City Bach: The pond creek in the area of ​​Eagle Square.
• City Canal: Teed part of the city creek through the city center.

At the southern Adlerplatz was to Verdolung 1967 an interesting building. The city creek was dammed by a weir and directed some of the water into the city sewer. This crossed a bridge leading- the directly below the weir in the city Mette Bach Bach. It only water to the town creek was thus conducted in the city canal.

From the mouth of Mette Bach in the city of Bach creek bends sharply to the east now in the former town moat along the city wall from and thus changes its name in grave creek.

Just a few meters above this confluence led by Mette Bach, an approximately 150 -meter-long underground passage probably down to the castle. Through various works of this transition, however, is buried. It is possible that this is the in ( Restle, 1932, page 27 below) mentioned underground passage.

Today, the confluence of the creek and city Mette Bach is verdolt underground, the city channel does not exist.

City ​​Canal

The city canal was partly under the houses through the city center on the market Brückle (47 ° 59 ' 38 "N, 9 ° 6' 44" O47.9939361111119.1120972222222 ) passing over the former Long Mill (47 ° 59 ' 36 "N, 9 ° 6' 48 " O47.9932305555569.1133361111111 ) for Low mill (47 ° 59 ' 36 " N, 9 ° 6' 48 " O47.9932305555569.1133361111111 ) passed. Then it flowed along with the parallel flowing to Ablach former Feuerbach and led about 50 feet above the mouth of the grave Bach in the Ablach (47 ° 59 ' 34 "N, 9 ° 6' 54" O47.992759.1150833333333 ). This confluence is in (Home, 1993) Cityscape printed on page 40 above and in the photo on page 42 below, taken around 1950, still to be seen.

Grave Bach and Voglerbächle

( 7.85 to 8.3 mi from the source: 47 ° 59 '42 " N, 9 ° 6' 46" O47.9949166666679.11275 )

From the confluence of the creek and pond Mette Bach Bach Bach grave bears the name.

It flows along the grave creek road at what is now called routes to pass to the mouth of the Ablach. The grave Bach led earlier along the city wall, so was the city ditch. The term grave Bach is not to be confused with the trench, another part of the old town Meßkircher.

Since about 1967, the grave Bach is verdolt over its entire length and largely built over the grave creek road. Until Verdolung he was open and was popularly called the painter business Vogler also popularly Voglerbächle. The house was Vogler can be reached via a footbridge over the stream.

Also from there was an underground, brick transitional accessible. He was about 1 meter wide and 1.50 meters high, however, resulted in no water. Whether he led a secret passage to the castle or earlier had a different function is not clear. If, however, he led into the castle, he would have the city canal crossed underground, which is unlikely. However, it could also be a former course of the city canal or a passage or channel to the nearby Lower yard. Through several works of this transition, however, is buried today.

Confluence with the Ablach

8.3 km from the source: (47 ° 59 '35 " N, 9 ° 6' 57 " O47.9930555555569.1158333333333 )

The verdolte hitherto grave Bach opens directly below the Ablachbrücke Mengener the road in the Ablach. On the riverfront facing the Church of Our Lady.

Changes in stream flow course and the course of the passage of time Ablach

On the Cityscape of 1575 the Ablach flows directly along the south-eastern city wall. In the area of the Lower Mill three mill wheels are seen, which were driven directly by the Ablach. Immediately there the Ablach then makes a sharp bend to the right and soon left again. Then flows to the left past the Church of Our Lady. This also opens the grave creek in the Ablach. In addition, the city canal in the area of ​​market Brückles can be seen. The discharge through the city wall in the Ablach is not visible, but should really be done in the area of ​​three mill wheels of the Low Mill. If one compares this with the topographic map of 1849, the Urvermessung of 1872 and later maps, one realizes that:

• To 1586 the course of the river from the Old Mill was moved to just before the Church of Our Lady about 150 to 200 meters to the east, to mitigate the recurring floods. (Fischer, 1998 page 13 " New Ablach " ) remained was the old Ablach, later called Feuerbach, who was in the old river bed of the Ablach. On the Cityscape of 1686/88 both flow patterns are recognizable. In addition, it can be concluded also from the map of 1780, in which the confluence is located by the old and new Ablach. In the map of the Etter boundaries of the 18th century is located upstream on the southern border Etter both the Old Ablach and just east of it, the new Ablach.
• 1806 Feuerbach was cleaned out, because he was fed up with the times. (Fischer, 1998 page 33 " Feuerbach " )
• Between 1849 and 1872, Feuerbach was also wegverlegt of the city wall. For in the topographic map of 1849 the fire stream runs directly to the city walls, while extending approximately 50 meters from the city walls in the Atlas of 1872 and the associated hand cracks the Cadastral Feuerbach. In addition, already recorded from outside Attached to the city wall houses, which would not have been possible without a transfer of the fire stream. The former Old Ablach below the Low Mill served from then on only as a drain of the city canal. This is evident from the hand cracks of 1872, where does directly below the Low mill town channel a bend of 90 degrees to the left and then a sharp bend to the right, then nearly perpendicular to flow into the Ablach.
• Later the remainder of the Old Ablach has been moved to a concreted bed. Remains of which were with civil engineering work in the Jahn road in May 2006, visible (47 ° 59 ' 34 "N, 9 ° 6' 50 " O47.9928888888899.1139166666667 ).

The flood of 1904

On May 27, 1904 at 9 clock in the evening dressed in Heudorf a very strong storm together. The local creek flooded Heudorf high up to two meters. The being moved from Meßkirch Firefighters were powerless. The entrained household items, wood and dead animals were floated down stream to Meßkirch. There, the water accumulated in the " arch ", the so-called White Castle. In the course of the entire old town was flooded. An impressive portrayal of those events can be found in (Home, 1993).

Annual floods

In the spring when the snow melts the bottom of the valley is flooded below the Talmuhle often. Unfortunately, a hitherto regularly flooded meadow as far piled up around 1980 in the development of Tuttlingen road at the oil mill, so that it no longer is available as a natural flood area today. Here, this filling would not have been necessary for road construction. It was only disposed of in cheap way excavated material. Many such small "sins" all add up to the stage where, for example, increase in Passau flood annually even higher.

Sources

References to the name of the stream

Zimmerische Chronicle, mid 16th century

• Hewdorfer bach: "In bemelter Vorstatt grave Froben Christof has a grose dwelling gebawen over the Hewdorfer bach, uf Zwai gewelber. This is what the burger manner castle called, and the house is the nam bliben. "

Etter limits of Meßkirch, 18th Century

• Heudorfer Bach: At the Etter border towards Heudorf between " Hölzle infrastructure " (today Tuttlingen road) and " Heudorfer road " (now West mountain trail ).

Map of 1780

• The Heudorfer Bach: Below the Mauchenmühle, even before the White Castle.
• The trench: For the grave creek is about 100 m below the present-day called Eagle Square.

Further, the City Canal is located, which flows through the city and empties in the Low Mill in the Old Ablach. In addition, the confluence of new and old Ablach is located above the Church of Our Lady.

Topographic Map 1:50,000 of the Grand Duchy of Baden, 1849

Contains the stream in its entire length from the source to the mouth.

• Thal Bach: Directly below Heudorf

No other labels.

Topographic Map 1:50,000 of the Kingdom of Württemberg, 1850

Contains the stream in its entire length from the source to the mouth.

• Thal Bach: Directly below Heudorf

No other labels. Caption taken very probably from the Baden card, since it is identical with that in the area.

Atlas of the district Heudorf, 1872 - 1874

• Dorfbach: At the city limits in the direction Meßkirch
• Dorfbach: Shortly before the district border to Meßkirch

Atlas of the district Meßkirch, 1872 - 1874

• Weiersbach: Immediately below the Thalmühle
• Weiersbach: Slightly above the Lohmühle actually on Mühlkanal
• Weiersbach: Immediately above the weir of the Mühlkanals to Mauchenmühle
• Weiersbach: Immediately below the weir of the Mühlkanals to Mauchenmühle
• Weiersbach: Today Adlerplatz
• Grave Bach: About 100m below the present eagle square
• Mühlkanal: The City Channel right after the junction of the canal today Adlerplatz
• Mühlkanal: The city canal in height in the area of ​​Long Mill
• Mühlkanal: The city canal just below the Low Mill

General plan of the district Meßkirch, 1873

Displays the stream course from the Gemarkungsgrenze Heudorf / Meßkirch to the mouth.

• Pond Brook: Directly below the Talmuhle
• Pond Brook: When Mauchenmühle

Topographic Map 1:25,000 by the Baden State Survey Office, 1925

• Dorfbach: Below Heudorf to the district border to Meßkirch

No other labels.

Topographic map from Ordnance Survey 1:5,000 Baden- Württemberg, 1988

• Pond Brook: * Weiherbach: When Mauchenmühle

Topographic Map 1:50,000 ( TOP50 ) by Ordnance Survey of Baden- Württemberg, 2001

• Dorfbach: Between Altheim and Heudorf

No other labels.

Local map of Heudorf on the website of Meßkirch

• Village stream on the outskirts of Heudorf

However, the road is called ( K8218 ) along the stream of Altheim Coming On Talbach.

Literature

• River system Ablach
• River in Europe
• River in Baden- Württemberg
• Meßkirch
• Waters in the district of Sigmaringen