Schwäbische Rezat

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The Swabian Rezat is the 27 km long, right or southern source river of Rednitz in Middle Franconia.

Etymology

The name comes Rezat as well as the flow from the Celtic name Rednitz Radantia, which means flow. Since white castle from 1500 to 1806 belonged to the Swabian kingdom circle, the name was Swabian Rezat. In the year 793, the river was first mentioned as Radentia, 1327 was often referred to as Redentz, 1387 as Retzend, 1500 as Regnizwesserli 1503 as Rednitz 1571 as Retzet, in the 16th century as a Bavarian or Upper Retzach in 1715 for the first time as a Swabian Rezat and 1726 upper Rezat.

River

The Swabian Rezat originates in the Middle Franconian district of Wissembourg -Gunzenhausen on the Franconian Alb 900 m east of Dettenheim and about six kilometers south of the White Burger core city. It flows through Dettenheim and is headed there for the channeling 1962/63 underground to the western end of the village. Then the little stream is fed by the water treatment plant. From there, it flows to the north, through the so-called Ried to White Castle, where he is from Felchbach, its longest tributary, fed. The further course via Ellingen and Plein field northward. Having the coming of the Great Brombachsee Brombach taken and passed several mills and the village Mühlstetten, the Swabian Rezat united in Georgensgmuend to 342 meters with the Franconian Rezat to Rednitz.

Worth seeing

The landscape in the headwaters of the Swabian Rezat has become historical and touristic known by the Fossa Carolina. Already Charlemagne wanted to overcome, according to tradition, the European watershed between the basins of the Danube and the Rhine, which lie on the ridges between the Swabian Rezat and Altmühltherme by a canal.

Flood

As with all slow-flowing rivers, there are along the Swabian Rezat acute flood risk is particularly high in the winter due to snow melt or prolonged rainfall. The highest ever measured outflow was on 13 April 1994 55.4 m³ / s, which corresponds to a return period of more than 50 years. As of 60 m³ / s is called a 100 - year flood.

Places on the river

  • White Castle in Bavaria
  • Ellingen
  • Plein field
  • Mühlstetten (part of Roettenbach (Landkreis Roth) )
  • Georgensgmuend

Inflows

  • Hammer moat
  • Weimer Heimer Bach
  • Felchbach
  • Mittelbühlgraben
  • Hörleinsgraben
  • Ottmar fields trench
  • Walker Höfer pond digging
  • Front Troppelgraben
  • Rear Troppelgraben
  • Banzerbach
  • Arbach
  • Iglseebach
  • Brombach ( cf. Little and Big Brombachsee )
  • Red trench
  • Kühbach
  • Roettenbach
  • Maukbach

Mills

  • Fief Wiesenmuhle ( departed )
  • Silbermühle
  • Bräumühle
  • Zollmühle
  • Lauterbrunn mill
  • Worm mill
  • Ketch mill
  • Reichert mill
  • Böschleinsmühle
  • Sailor mill
  • Mäusleinsmühle
  • Prexelmühle
  • Utzenmühle
  • Mack mill
  • Heinz mill
  • Paper mill
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