Seckach (Jagst)

The Seckach below Senn field

Mouth of the Seckach in the Jagst

The Seckach is a small river in northern Baden-Württemberg, which has its origins in the Odenwald and empties into Moeckmuehl in the district of Heilbronn in from the right and north to the Jagst.

The Seckach is about 28 km long and its catchment area covers 262 km ². Attributable to the creek Kirnau, which is at the confluence of approximately 8 kilometers longer than the Seckach, about 100 km ².

Geography

Course

The Seckach rises near the hamlet Buchener Waldhausen in source- rich region and takes early side branches on. First it flows south-east and south.

Between the communities Seckach and Adelsheim the Seckach takes a couple getting stronger expectant tributaries. In the rooms of Schlierbach opens. Between Hemsbach and Adelsheim leads the Rinschbach, which rises at Götzingen in the land. In Adelsheim finally Seckach receives its largest tributary, the Kirnau that has its origins in Altheim in the land. Striking at the mouth how much the Seckach pushes the water of Kirnau that aside. is so unclear what the Streams of the stronger. After confluence in any case the Seckach can be called a small river.

On her further way of Jagst against the Seckach flows in large swings to the south and still takes up more permanently water-bearing streams, of which the Fischbach is the largest. It flows just south of Mountain field.

In Moeckmuehl the Seckach flowed past parallel to the city wall and offered a weir along with the old town a picturesque perspective. Today it is verdolt over a length of several hundred meters. Your mouth was moved in 1900 during construction of the railway Jagsttal and an e- work a bit to the south.

Inflows

The Seckach has five tributaries of over five kilometers in length, namely the Hiffelbach with 7 km, the Schlierbach with 6 km, the Rinschbach with 16 km, 24 km and the Kirnau with the Fischbach with 7 km.

Origin of Seckach in the middle between the southern outskirts of Waldhausen and the associated glass courtyard on the northeast edge of the blade forest at about 372 m above sea level. NN.

• ( Inflow from the Waldhausener Mitre ) (left ), 150 m west of the Glass Courtyard at about 370 m above sea level. NN, 0.549 km. Arises in the hallway at about 378 m above sea level. NN.
• Ibbach (left), at the beginning of the reserve Seckachtal to about 332 m above sea level. NN, 0.649 km. Created to the north of the Fronwiese to about 351 m above sea level. NN. The map shows a beginning to about 370 m above sea level. NN in the Rod and thus about 0.6 km long run. (Tributary of the north-east of the Glass Courtyard ) (right), just before the muzzle at about 337 m above sea level. NN, 0.559 km. Arises at about 365 m above sea level. NN.

• Kirnau (left), 23.6 km
• Vinegar blade ( left), 2.2 km
• French blade ( left), 1.3 km
• Herb blade trench ( left), 0.5 km
• Simonshäldegraben (left), 0.6 km
• Buchsteig blade ( left), 1.3 km
• Raintalgraben (right), 0.9 km
• Schindäckergraben (left), 0.8 km

• Fischbach ( right), 6.9 km
• Kastenbach (right), 3.1 km
• Elmbach (right) 2.4 km
• Blade ( right), 1.5 km
• " Jury wood " blade ( right), 1.1 km
• Hofklinge (right), 3.0 km
• Rotklinge (left), 1.5 km
• Hanna Shrouded blade ( right), 1.7 km
• Flayer blade ( left), 0.6 km

Mouth of the Seckach in Moeckmuehl to 171.9 m above sea level. NN from the right and north to the Jagst. The Seckach is here from its source at Waldhausen 28.782 km, with the Kirnau than upper reaches, however, 36.884 km long and has a catchment area of ​​approximately 262 km ² behind.

Places

At the Seckach are the places

• Waldhausen
• Seckach
• Rooms
• Adelsheim
• Senn field
• Roigheim
• Moeckmuehl

Fauna

The water of the Seckach is very rich in oxygen, clean and relatively cold. This fact favors the trout that is found here are numerous. In the lower reaches there are also eels. Once lived in the Seckach also crayfish.

Flood protection

After heavy rainfall occurred on 21 December 1993, the streams in the catchment area of Seckach and Kirnau on the shore. The Seckach reached at Senn field a discharge rate of 154 m³ / s, exceeding the average discharge of the river Neckar in Mannheim. There was flooding in the entire region, particularly affected were Adelsheim, Moeckmuehl, Roigheim and lying on the Kirnau Osterburken (see also Rhine flood 1993). In the old town Möckmühler the highest water level measured since 1732.

After another flood 1995 founded communities in the catchment area of Seckach Kirnau and in 1997 formed an association flood protection to initiate improvements to the flood control and flood prevention. By 2008, 15 flood retention basins were constructed, intended to protect the area in front of a hundred-year flood. Other protective measures have been taken, especially in Moeckmuehl. There were at the Jagst to the old town side, and built on the Seckach dams and concrete walls, also of the city wall devices for mobile sheet piles were installed at the gates. Also on the opposite left Seckach Jagst shore walls and dikes were built.

Hydropower

In the Middle Ages mills used the water power of the Seckach. The Town Mill of Moeckmuehl 1471 and was occupied at that time probably for quite some time, as well as the adjacent Lohemühle. Alone in the river section of Senn field to the mouth with water Moeckmuehl 23 engines are proven. If it was up to the 19th century, mainly to grinding mills, grinding mills, Sägmühlen, hammer mills, oil mills and the like, so drive from the late 19th century the waters of Seckach especially turbines for power generation on. Some small power stations along the river are still in operation today and go on a former mill sites back, so the E-Werk in place of the former tanner 's mill at Moeckmuehl. Several industrial sites in the region date back to ancient mill locations, including Pucaro in Roigheim or Texon and Agria in Moeckmuehl.

Others

Geologic of interest are the alluvial fan by the regular flooding until the modern era.

About the Seckach perform some attractive old stone bridges: in rooms and Adelsheim each with two arches, in Sennfeld two bridges with several arches.

Picture Gallery of the river

One of the two stone bridges Sennfelder

In Senn field

The Seckach shortly before Moeckmuehl

Verdolte Seckach in Moeckmuehl

The ( jammed ) Seckach in Moeckmuehl

Recording in January ( Seckach above) with clearly visible keep the Götzenburg

Recording in July ( Seckach left)