Heubach (Kinzig)

The Heubach approximately in the middle of the valley

The Heubach ( Schiltach ) is a small, therefore coming with some steep gradients right tributary of the Kinzig. It is located in Baden -Württemberg in the districts of Ortenaukreis and Rottweil. As Heubach ( Haibich, popularly known ), but also the whole valley is called ( Heubachtal ). It is approximately seven kilometers long.

Course

The source is located south of Salt Lick 760 m. The water flows through the back -Heubach, a former woodcutter scattered settlement which belongs to the district of Zell Give Kaltenbrunn. The creek flows past in a southerly direction through the narrow valley at several individual houses, former mills and farms, where he meets the right hand on the Kinzig district, a district of Wolfach, left district Schenkenzell. In the front part of the valley of the brook finally comes into the district and town of Schiltach, and thus finally to your destination. The mouth of the Kinzig is reached in Schiltach at the station.

History

Rafting in Heubachtal

The Heubach was Flößereizeiten an important Floßweg, even if one can hardly imagine, given the narrowness and the slope of the valley today. On the raft pond in the rear Heubach the water was dammed to then having to locate the rafters the way down to the Kinzig. In the most notorious section, called Hell, the name of dangerousness corresponded so many Rafter was killed. The Black Forest painter Wilhelm Hase man has captured the journey of the rafters through hell in pictures.

Mining in Heubachtal

In Heubachtal there was the pit St. Anton. Here silver and cobalt were mined. The miners came from Tyrol. The Family Name Coat in the valley comes from these miners. In the former mine is since 1972 a geoscience observatory in the universities of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. Here changes and deformations of the earth are recorded, eg earthquake measurements, air pressure fluctuations, variations of the broadband Erdmagnetfeldes.Wenn in Japan is an earthquake, then this will be determined here and is to be measured here.

Hiking trails

Through the valley leads a section of the trail Hansjakobweg I.

• River system Kinzig (Rhine)
• River in Europe
• River in Baden- Württemberg
• Waters in Ortenaukreis
• Waters in the district of Rottweil
• Schiltach
• Schenkenzell
• Wolfach