Starzel (Neckar)
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Starzel | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• elevation | 830 m above sea level |
Mouth | |
• location | Neckar |
• coordinates | 48°26′57″N 8°51′17″E / 48.4492°N 8.8547°E |
• elevation | 354 m |
Length | 42.8 km (26.6 mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Neckar→ Rhine→ North Sea |
Starzel is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Neckar west of Rottenburg am Neckar.[2]
Geography
Course
Starzel is being built directly at Albtrauf at the European watershed, about three kilometres south of Hausen im Killertal. (a district of Burladingen), a few dozen meters north of the hamlet Neuweiler, which belongs to Albstadt.
For historical reasons, the valley created by the Starzel, about 14 kilometres long on the northern edge of the
Near Hechingen the Starzel is fed on the left side by the Reichenbach. It now flows more to the west and is then at Stauffenburger Hof again strengthened from the left side by its longest tributary, the Zimmerbach.
After the passage of Rangendingen it turns to the north and finally flows into Bieringen at a height of 354 m above sea level, from the right into the Neckar.
Tributaries
- Neubrunnen (right), 1,9 km
- Scharlenbach (left), 3,5 km and 6,5 km2
- Goosbach (left), 0,7 km
- Lindenbach (right), 1,9 km
- Buhenbach (right), 1,9 km
- Hirschbach (right), 1,1 km
- Sulzgraben (right), 0,8 km
- Mühlbachle (right), 1,8 km
- Bernerbächle (left), 2,3 km
- Lotterbächle (left), 1,4 km
- Weilerbächle (right), 1,0 km
- Buchbächle (right), 1,2 km
- Wettbächle (right), 1,1 km
- Heiligenbach (right), 3,7 km and 5,7 km2
- Münchbach (right), 2,4
- Reichenbach (left), 9,5 km and 19,4 km2
- Feilbach (left), 1,6 km
- Bräunestall (left), 1,3 km
- Sulzbach (left), 2,0 km
- Ettenbach (right), 4,5 km and 5,5 km2
- Winterhaldenbach (right), 3,0 km and 1,9 km2
- Tufelbach (left), 2,0 km
- Zimmerbach (left), 12,1 km and 25,4 km2
- Ramsbach (right), 2,2 km
- Mönchgraben (right), 1,9 km
- Talbach (left), 6,1 km and 9,7 km2
- Sendelgraben (left), 3,4 km and 1,4 km2
- Bruckbach (left), 3,6 km and 6.1 km2
- Omengraben (left), 4,2 km and 3,5 km2
- Ganggraben (right), 2,4 km and 5,1 km2
- Tobelsgraben (left), 2,5 km and 9,8 km2
- Haldengraben (right), 0,6 km
Settlements
On its approximately 41 kilometre long way to the north-west the Starzel crosses or passes through the following towns and villages:
- Hausen im Killertal (Burladingen)
- Starzeln (Burladingen)
- Killer (Burladingen)
- Jungingen
- Schlatt (Hechingen)
- Hechingen
- Stein (Hechingen)
- Rangendingen
- Hirrlingen
- Bietenhausen (Rangendingen)
- Bieringen (Rottenburg)
In the village of Bieringen (district of Rottenburg) the Starzel river flows into the Neckar.