Kesselbach (Danube)

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The Ursentalbach is a left tributary of the Danube at Nendingen. It is formed in the lower Ursental and has Kesselbach a second underflow, the dale at Stetten also opens further into the Danube.

Geography

Source and run

The Ursentalbach arises at the base of the left Talhangs summer forest to the north-west Bräunisberg up approximately below the dialed Bräunisburg in the lower Ursental that much further starts as a dry valley in the north- northwest, and is located in the area of the Great Heuberg.

The creek flows from here about two kilometers through the valley to the south-southeast and reaches then, already in the Danube valley, the left-side suburb of Nendingen. Meanwhile outskirts follows the creek for a short distance until it reaches the road Tuttlingen - Nendingen left the Danube and the Danube Valley Railway. Then he bends to the northwest and accompanied left the railway lines through the settlement area, most recently at a chapel on the left and the breakpoint of the place right over. He then passes under the railway embankment and divides just behind it on. Links branches off the boiler Bach, the first further follows the railway line towards Stetten. The shorter, official underflow turns to the south-east to the Danube and crossed 350 meters whose left floodplain. Then it flows from left to about 634.4 m above sea level. NN, a few steps in front of the inlet of the creek from the Rottweiler valley from the other side, after a run of 3.7 km in the Danube.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​Ursentalbachs begins about 14 km north- west of its mouth at Hummelberg and meets there with the great watershed between the Neckar and the Danube. It runs as a mostly around the two, in the region of its source only once briefly about four kilometers wide hose on both sides of Ursus valley to south-southeast and covers 28.2 km ².

Kesselbach

The Kesselbach entsteht48.0105472222228.8552694444444 to about 635 m above sea level. NN as the left branch of the Ursentalbachs after its crossing under the Donautalbahn and follow it as Auengraben left side about a mile to the northeast, beyond the railway line to the first houses of Stetten stand, and then turns her to the southeast. On the section up to the turn he takes from the left on many small inlets from sources from the slope of the Bräunisbergs, which increases its flow significantly. Among others, here reach the small wooded Ententäle the Donauaue and after Stettener Lourdes Grotto at the turn of a 300 m long stream from the fountain at the middle Ried slope. After a little Südschlinge towards the Danube Kesselbach is short southern development boundary of Stetten and mündet48.0206222222228.8751388888889 then after a run of 2.2 km in length at the Stettener Danube bridge at 632.9 m above sea level. NN from the left into the Danube. It has a catchment area (from branch ) of 1.7 km ². Law, it covers about half the floodplain between the boiler and the Danube river, on the left it runs like a wedge to Bräunisberg high to about to the south of Gewanns slopes with on this page about double the area.

Like watching the Kesselbach instead of his official shorter than the lower reaches of Ursentalbachs, then this reached a length of about 5.6 km.

Landscape and Nature

The Ursentalbach extends to the entrance of the Danube Valley in the conservation area " Ursental with lower Bräunisberg ". The catchment area of the boiler Bach includes a portion of the reported FFH area " Danube valley and plateaus of Tuttlingen to Beuron ". Ursentalbach, the entire Ursental and the kettle creek with its catchment area belong to the Upper Danube Nature Park.

Attractions and Events

• On Ursentalbach there is an adventure water playground at Nendingen.
• In Stetten is once accumulated in the boiler stream and then celebrated on an artificial island, the boiler Bach Festival.