Mümling

The Mümling in Erbach

The Mümlingquelle in Beerfelden, a twelve - tube fountain Odenwald sandstone

The Mümling in Upper Castle

The Mümling is a 49.7 km, with Mossau and Marbach 59.7 km long river that gives the Mümlingtal in the Odenwald his name. In the Bavarian side he is sometimes also called Mömling, and in particular maps and other official documents.

  • 2.1 river
  • 2.2 places on the Mümling
  • 2.3 inflows
  • 2.4 River system Mümling

Name

Etymology

The Romans called the river Nemaninga, seen in the names of the scouts unit numerus Brittonum et exploratorum Nemaningensium who was allegedly stationed in Upper Castle. In the 9th century, the name was mentioned as Mimininga. What is the name Mümling actually derived, is not known. There are three possible theories:

  • The name Mümling belongs to the " old European Hydronymie " that extends beyond the boundaries of individual historical Indo-European language families; He is probably to be regarded as a parallel to the river called Memel. The place name derives from the River Mömlingen name.
  • The river name is derived from the place name Mömlingen, which the old personal name Mimino is based and has been derived by a Zugehöringkeitssuffix ing. The river 's name was with the Old High German word aha, for water, is derived.
  • River and village name arose initially in parallel and independently. Later parts of the name of each were adjusted.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the river from various historical maps and documents:

  • 798 Mimelinga
  • 1012 Minimingaha

Geography

River

The Mümlingquelle is Beerfelden in the Odenwald located in the city. The source version is a twelve - tube wells. This is a culturally and historically significant running fountain dating back to 1810 with lion heads cast brass. The fountain itself and the surrounding system overall, a listed building. This source arises from the Walter Bach, who joins in Hetzbach with approximately equal Gretengraben. From there, from the river is called Mümling. Your headwaters to Beerfelden is the southernmost part of Hesse, which still belongs to the catchment area of the River Main. From here, the Mümling flows towards the north in a wide valley through the rear Odenwald. Your valley is the heartland of the Odenwald district. In it lined up from north to south the largest towns of the district: the former residence and present district town of Erbach, Michel town of Bad König and Hochst. Behind the maximum Mümling turns to the northeast, describes an arc to the south and east of the castle Breuberg around to finally the last 8.4 kilometers on Bavarian soil consistently strive towards in an easterly direction to the Main at Upper Castle.

The Mümlingquelle is not the mündungsfernste source in Mümlingtal, but the water coming out of the source of Mossaubachs on Morsberg in the area of ​​Reichelsheim sets, initially via the Marbach and then the Mümling 59.7 km up to the Main and thus 10 km more as the source of the water itself Mümling

Places on the Mümling

  • Beerfelden
  • Erbach
  • Michel city
  • Zell im Odenwald
  • Bad King
  • Mümling - Grumbach
  • Hochst
  • Breuberg
  • Mömlingen
  • Eisenbach
  • Upper castle

Inflows

Among the tributaries of the Mümling include the source of Down:

  • Walter Bach (left source Bach)
  • Gretengraben (right source Bach)
  • Himbachel (right)
  • Marbach (left)
  • Bach from the Hasengrund (right)
  • Günter Prince Erbach (left)
  • Lauerbach (left)
  • Krebsbach (right)
  • Roßbächl (left)
  • Bach from the Kemmelsgrund (left)
  • Erdbach (right)
  • Rehbach (left)
  • Keller trench ( right)
  • Bach of godswood (left)
  • Forest Brook (right)
  • Brombach (left)
  • Kimbach (right)
  • Prince Grunder Bach ( right)
  • Kinzig (left)
  • Legs trench ( right)
  • Forsteler Bach ( left)
  • Upper Highest Bach ( left)
  • Hetschbach (left)
  • Breitenbach (right)
  • Amorbach (left)
  • Lauter trench ( left)

River system Mümling

See list of running water in the river system Mümling

Fauna

The fish stock of Mümling includes grayling, brown trout, Bachschmerlen, bream, perch, gudgeon, arbors, hazel, carp, ruffe, nose, roach, tench, eels, Aiteln, three-spined stickleback and pike-perch.

Rarely occur bullheads and brook lamprey.

Traffic

The Mümlingtal is an important artery for north-south traffic in the rear Odenwald. Between the woman - Nauses tunnel at maximum and the Krähbergtunnel at Hetzbach runs the Odenwaldbahn here. Also on woman - Nauses connects the main road 45, the Mümlingtal with the Rhine -Main area and Beerfelden and then south Gammelsbachtal with the Neckar valley.

Erbach im Odenwald Michelstadt Stone loach Common dace Common roach European chub European brook lamprey
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