Memminger Aach

Memminger Ach in the old town of Memmingen

Memminger Ach is a tributary of the River Iller. Will be fed from Benninger Ried and other streams. The fact that it is at times five feet wide, it is referred to in the statistics both as Bach as well as flow.

Has come about as a channel, as were city foundation bundled times the waters of Ried and conducted at the entrance wall above the moat into the city. Here some remarkable things was created for that time. The water was a masterpiece of medieval art water systems and is considered one of the Seven Memminger landmark.

The term Memminger Ach shall apply from the confluence of Kressbach and Riedbachstraße southeast of the town of Memmingen. Up to withdraw from the city wall at Luginsland also the name Stadtbach is in use. The flow rate is about two meters / second. Memminger Ach flows from Luginsland by the Landesgartenschaugelände further Heimertingen, by the riparian forests of the Iller, past Fellheim and Pless. where it flows into the River Iller. Overall, she lays back about 20 kilometers.

Within the old town of Memmingen and from Heimertingen the river is part of the water structure quality VII, outside mainly for water structure quality I to II water quality meets the grades I to II The river is used by four small electric power plants, of which one in the Memminger Old Town, one at a former sawmill in Amendingen and two in Heimertingen are.

Already 1564 is: "By Memmingen a stream of the purest spring water flows ." This was certainly no longer the case after the Ach had left the city, since it is precisely at this time, the river has been abused for waste disposal. So the Gerber and slaughterhouse waste and other garbage with the Memminger Ach from the city were conducted. The result was that the creek had to be drained once a year to clear the debris from the creek bed. Alternating between the guilds, were empty fishing journeyman before the creek each year. This is traced back to the 16th century. At the end of the 19th century was from this tradition, the Fisherman's Festival and the Fishermen.

Memminger Ach within the old town of Memmingen

The transition from local stream to Memminger Ach on Luginsland

The axis between Steinheim (in the background ) and Heimertingen