Hösbach (river)

The Hoesbach shortly before its confluence with the Aschaff

Mouth of the Hösbaches in the Aschaff

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The Hösbach is a good 5 -km-long right tributary of the Aschaff in the field of market Hoesbach in the Lower Franconian district of Aschaffenburg.

Name

The name Hösbach is composed of the Middle High German words host (highest) and bach together. They relate well to the headwaters. The Hoesbach were the places Hoesbach and Wenighösbach their names.

Geography

Course

The Hoesbach in woodland area between Wenighösbach and the northwest of that district located Mömbriser Daxberg Tière. It flows initially southeast, crosses only Wenighösbach, from where the county road 10 accompanied him and where it converges the wine pit from the left. Continue down the valley he then separates Münchhof on the left bank of an elongated pond on the right to gradually turn away behind after half run by south-southwest.

Soon he reaches the building of a brick in the floodplain before the town center Hoesbach, behind her opens from the right lower Hoesbach and soon after from the same side its largest tributary Afferbach who comes from Oberafferbach and its total length to its slightly exceeds. Here he is running in place between the shore bordering gardens. The development of Hoesbach now lies on both far beyond the Bachaue time. The creek flows right past the old town center and passes under it the B 26 Right after then opens the Hoesbach against the enclosure of the A3 from the right and north to the Aschaff.

Inflows

• Wine pit ( left)
• Lower Hösbach (right)
• Afferbach (right)

Flood

In May In 1931 a strong storm over the district of Aschaffenburg. Especially bad Hoesbach was haunted. Here fell 93 liters per square meter. From Wenighösbach and Unterafferbach so quickly came large masses of water that a retaining wall collapsed. Whole streets were torn up by the floods. Some farmers even wore their flocks on the shoulders of the flooded pastures. On a bridge were seven people to the flood watch, when suddenly collapsed bridge. The force of the water tore two children and two men to death. The fathers were still trying to save their children and jumped in on the rip-tides. The normally one meter wide and six inches deep Hoesbach had reached this evening a huge size. He was in places 30 m wide and 5 m deep. At the Hoesbach bridge where the accident happened, the statue of St. Nepomuk was built to commemorate the victims.