Steinach (Neckarsteinach)

Steinach in Neckarsteinach

The Steinach is a 22 km long river in southern Hesse and northern Baden- Württemberg, the southward flowing through the Odenwald and flows Neckarsteinach from the right and north to the river Neckar.

Course

The Steinach rises in the southeastern part of the Hessian county mountain road a few hundred meters north of Upper Abtsteinach the area of ​​a small treeless plateau. It flows almost always in a southerly direction.

In a very flat and wide valley, it first passes through the upper, then lower Abtsteinach until the valley eintieft stronger after about 4 ½ km river length and wooded slopes come near to them.

It occurs to Baden- Württemberg at the Rhein- Neckar-Kreis over, reached after about 10 kilometers from the place Heiligkreuzsteinach and takes here from left to Eiterbach on. She takes in a deep, wide and open valley on to the long-drawn Schönau district Altneudorf ( about 12 km ); yet at the entrance leads to the next field to the right of Wilhelm Hilsbach. After about 16 km it crosses Schönau, where her perform in a Talspinne from the right and from the left Schafbach Greiner stream water.

The Steinach happens after about 18 ½ miles to the Schönau district Lindenbachstrasse, then turns for the short remaining piece of her run in again narrower floodplain, which is now dominated by the mutual heights of over 250 m, abruptly to the east and so back to Hesse in the county mountain road. In their Mündungsort, Neckarsteinach, they eventually flows 21.9 km almost opposite in the Neckar.

Catchment area

The hydrological catchment area of ​​almost 70 km ²; It is bordered to the north and west by the the Weschnitz, to the east of the Laxbaches, on the south by the receiving Neckar and smaller inflows from him, on the west by the pulpit of the creek and finally back to the Weschnitz.

At the valley relative contribution of communities Abtsteinach (Hesse), Heiligkreuzsteinach, Schönau (both Baden -Württemberg ) and Neckarsteinach ( again Hessen).

Inflows

  • Bach at the Grummwiese, right north of Upper Abtsteinach 0.6 km
  • Bach to the width of meadow, from left through the northern sub - Abtsteinach, 1.4 km and 1.0 km ². Arises at the foot of Hardenberg.
  • Bach on the blade meadow, from left through medium- Abtsteinach, 0,7 km.
  • Bach by the Strobersklinge, from left, 0.9 km and 0.7 km ². Arises at the western foot of the boots height.
  • Lenz Bach, from right at the junction of the K 4122 after Heiligkreuzsteinach - Lampenhain of the valley road, 2.3 km and 3.3 km ². Arises in Heiligkreuzsteinach - Bärsbach.
  • Heubach, from right under the spur of the ruin Waldeck, 1.6 km and 1.2 km ². A result of Heiligkreuzsteinach rear Heubach.
  • Eiterbach, from left on the eastern edge of Heiligkreuzsteinach, 8.9 km and 14.2 km ². Arises on the southern edge of Siedelsbrunn.
  • Rödel ditch right in some fish ponds, 0.8 km.
  • Hilsbach, right at the upper village of Schönau- Altneudorf, 3.9 km and 6.9 km ². Arises on the eastern edge of Wilhelm field to Centwald.
  • Klipfelsbach, from the left on the southern edge of the lower village of Altneudorf, 1.0 km.
  • Mönchgraben, from left, 0,5 km. Arises from the monk fountain.
  • Schafbach, from right in Schoenau itself, 3.4 km and 6.7 km ². Arises in the valley southeast of the seat beech; the northern headwaters Hasselbach bit longer.
  • Greiner Bach, from left in Schoenau, 3.7 km and 7.3 km ². Arises on the southern edge of Grein
  • Ritterbach, from left in Schoenau, 0.9 km. Arises north of the High Darsberg.
  • Linde Bach, from right to Schönau - Lindenbachstrasse, 1,5 km. Arises northeast of the larch garden at Allmendfeld fountain.

Economy and Transport

Almost the entire length follows the national road 535 in little distance the river; lead at the headwaters of some country roads from the side of the south -withdrawing valley, as in Upper Absteinach the L 3408 from the west and the L 535 from the east, in sub - Abtsteinach the L 3257 from the west through Gorxheimer valley in Altneudorf, from the west Schriesheim coming on Wilhelm field, the L 536 Two Sacksträßchen develop smaller side valleys ( Eiterbachtal, Schafbachtal ), some low order roads connect via some steep climbs with mountain settlements and the larger neighboring valleys. In the deeper incised lower reaches partially missing entirely because of the terrain profile and the uninhabited side Forest Heights.

Water quality

Existed at the Steinach, until the onset of industrialization in the valley and the deterioration of water quality in their wake, a successful Perlmuschelzucht.

As of 2010, the Steinach is in the ecological status class II (good) classified water quality in the module.

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Schönau (Odenwald) Wilhelmsfeld Kanzelbach Hardberg (Odenwald)
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