Modau

The River Vltava in the center of Ober-Ramstadt

The River Vltava is a 42 km long tributary of the Rhine in the south of Hesse ( Germany ).

Course

The River Vltava rises in the Odenwald on the Neunkircher amount to approximately 491 m. ü. NN and flowing from there north through various districts of the municipality Modautal and then through the upper Ramstädter district Modau. 300 m above the city edge it is dammed for flood retention basins Ober-Ramstadt. Then the River Vltava bends to the west, flows through the core city of Ober-Ramstadt and achieved via low -Ramstadt, in the municipality of Mill Valley ( which was named for the numerous mills in this section of the River Vltava so ), the Upper Rhine Valley. Then she crosses Darmstadt- Eberstadt, then it flows through Pfungstadt and reaches a few kilometers after passing under the federal highways 5 and 67 to the west the town Stock city, in the them on the edge of Europe - reserve Kühkopf - Knoblochsaue to 84 m. ü. NN opens into an eastern oxbow lake of the Rhine.

Towns

The River Vltava flows from its source in the Odenwald to the mouth of the Old Rhine following localities:

• Modautal - Brandau
• Modautal - Hoxhohl
• Modautal - Ernsthofen
• Ober-Ramstadt - Modau (Upper and Lower River Vltava River Vltava )
• Ober-Ramstadt ( core city)
• Mill Valley Low -Ramstadt
• Mill Valley In the Mordach
• Darmstadt- Eberstadt
• Pfungstadt ( core city)
• Pfungstadt -Hahn
• Floor city on the Rhine

Inflows

Among the tributaries of the River Vltava include downriver considered:

• Pebble creek (left)
• Wurzelbach ( from Allertshofen ) (left)
• Neutscher Bach ( left)
• Rohrbach (right)
• Mittelbach ( at Traisa ) (right)
• Ohlebach ( from Traisa ) (right)
• Waschenbach (left)
• Dübendorf ( Traut from home ) (right)
• Mordach ( in the upper reaches Beersbach called ) (left)
• Hunting pit ( from Allmendfeld ) (left)

Outflows

In addition to the tributaries the River Vltava also has a drain, the sand creek that branches off between Eberstadt and Pfungstadt of the River Vltava. The Sandbach was artificially created centuries ago ( the first time in 1441 in Pfungstadt mentioned in a document ), to divert a portion of the waters of the River Vltava at high water and to prevent the backflow of the Rhine in the old Neckar bed.

Mills

At the River Vltava and its tributaries once were numerous mills. On the 70, testified that a great part of it, about 30, at the middle part of the River Vltava. Therefore, the municipality of Mill Valley got its name. The economic and social fabric was marked here by the miller and baker industry. The numerous bakers in low -Ramstadt and Traisa earned their livelihood with the production and regional, supra-regional trade of bakery products. Wealthy Müller were called Bach princes because of their economic success and eminence.

Among the still known today as mills buildings along the River Vltava include:

• Neumühlestrasse in Brandau

• Old Mill in Ernsthofen

• Old castle in Lower Mill River Vltava

• New Castle mill in Upper Ramstadt

• Hammer mill, in the center of Ober-Ramstadt

• 4 chess mills in Upper and Lower -Ramstadt

• 3 Quick mills in low -Ramstadt

• Brückenmühle in low -Ramstadt

• Institution mill, formerly Grünigsmühle in low -Ramstadt

• 2 Bruchmühlen in low -Ramstadt

• Paper mill in Lower -Ramstadt

• Powder mill in Lower -Ramstadt

• Grinding mill in Lower -Ramstadt

• Old planks mill in Lower -Ramstadt

• New planks mill in the Mordach

• Angel mill in the district Eberstadt

• Kopp mill in the district Eberstadt

• Old and New Kaisermühle in the district Eberstadt

• Upper and Lower Meadow Mill at the entrance of Eberstadt
• Eschollmühle in Eberstadt

• Hahnmühle in Pfungstadt