Klingenteichbach
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| Klingenteichbach | |
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 Klingenteichbach immediately before going underground | |
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| Location | |
| Location | Heidelberg |
| Reference no. | DE: 238993712 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | South of the old town of Heidelberg |
| • coordinates | 49°24′15″N 8°42′54″E / 49.404253°N 8.715113°E |
| • elevation | 281 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Neckar, at Heidelberg old town |
• coordinates | 49°24′48″N 8°42′17″E / 49.413266°N 8.704762°E |
• elevation | ca. 114 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Length | 1.452 km [1] |
| Basin size | 1.239 km² [1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Neckar → Rhine → North Sea |
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The Klingenteichbach (German for "tinkling pond stream") also called the Klingenbach or Klingengraben,[2] is a 1.5 km long stream in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, which once formed the western boundary of the town, but is now mostly covered over. It is a left tributary of the Neckar.
Course
The Klingenteichbach springs from a steep cliff-face on the northwestern slope of the Königstuhl, between the Molkenkur spur and the Gaisberg at an altitude of around 281 m above sea level. It flows in a northwesterly direction through the Klinge gorge and under Klingenteichstraße, descending steeply until it reaches the Klingentor.[3] After this, its course is less steep and it weaves in a northerly direction, past the Church of St Peter and runs underneath the Grabengasse on the western edge of Universitätsplatz, crosses the Hauptstrasse, continues under Marstallstrasse next to Marstall. Finally, it debouches into the Neckar river at an altitude of about 114 m above sea level.[2]
The 1.452 kilometre long course of the Klingenteichbach is thus roughly 167 m below its source, giving an average incline of about 12%.
Catchment area
The catchment area of the Klingenteichbach covers 1.239 km2. The upper course, on the slopes of Königstuhl, is part of the Redsandstone-Odenwald, while the lower portion at the foot of Gaisberg is on the Bergstraße in the Upper Rhine Plain.[4] Ultimately, the water flows through the Neckar and the Rhine into the North Sea.
The cliff face above the source is part of the middle Buntsandstein layer, while the stream itself flows through the lower Buntsandstein layer below that, before entering the clay of the Neckar floodplain. The channel of the stream roughly follows an old fault line.[5]