Weißer Kocher

The White Kocher shortly after its origin

The White cooker is the right one, shorter source river of the digester. In Unterkochen he joins the Black Kettle.

Naming

Due to the strong gradient in the area of the source region it comes to the white foaming of the water, which led to the name White cooker.

Historical maps, namely the Walchsche map from 1804 and the Majersche card from the 1705 show, however, that over time the name of the source rivers of the digester were reversed. There, the inflow Oberkochen, today's black kettle is referred to as " red kettle " and the Unterkochener inflow, the current White cooker as "black kettle ".

Course

The origin of the White boiler is located above the Aalen's district Unterkochen in a narrow valley. There he meanders between mossy rocks by its source gorge. On its course after Unterkochen the Bach tufa is deposited. At the tennis courts of Unterkochen branches off a side arm. There is also a once notorious for its many accidents powder mill. Shortly after the creek reunited and takes on his single tributary, the inflowing from left Häselbach. On the spur of the mouth angle is the returning to its origins to the early Bronze Age ruins of the castle Kocherburg. After Bishop Hefele - way up the creek branched again for a few hundred meters. There is an iron forge, founded in 1522, and a formerly famous paper mill. Below the district enters the White stove in the flood plain of the coming from Oberkochen Black stove and united soon with this on Neukochener weir to the digester.

Data

The White Kettle has a catchment area of about 9 km ² and a mean discharge ( MQ ) of 400 l / s

Conservation

In the area of ​​the headwaters of the White cooker was used industrially. Farms for paper making and textile finishing have once very polluted the waters. Meanwhile, it has recovered as a result of environmental regulations. Its water quality has the grade II

Inflows

• Häselbach (left)