Lauter is a river of
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is a right tributary of the
Itz
The Itz is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany.
The Itz is long and a right tributary of the Main.
The Itz begins in Sachsenbrunn (Stelzen), Thuringia and flows southward through Bachfeld and Schalkau. It crosses into Bavaria and feeds ...
in
Coburg
Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it ...
.
Geography
Course of the River
The Lauter emerges in the municipality of
Lautertal in the district of Tremersdorf due to the confluence of the right Rottenbach and the left Weihergraben, which is somewhat more important in terms of both length and sub-catchment area. Generally, the river flows in a southerly direction through
Neukirchen and Tiefenlauter to Oberlauter. Here it is reinforced by several Karstquellen, the spring ponds of the Lauter. In its further course, the Lauter runs through the towns of Unterlauter,
Bertelsdorf and Neuses. In the centre of Coburg, it joins the Itz at the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Church of the Holy Cross).
Since the end of 2012, a gravity tunnel located near Oberlauter has been transferring the flood flows of the Lauter that exceed 4 m³/s to the Goldbergsee
retention basin
A retention basin, sometimes called a wet pond, wet detention basin, or stormwater management pond (SWMP), is an artificial pond with vegetation around the perimeter and a permanent pool of water in its design. It is used to manage stormwater r ...
in the course of the large lower reaches tributary
Sulzbach.
Tributaries
* Rottenbach (right spring stream)
* Weihergraben (left spring stream)
* Weisbach
* Ortelsgraben
* Maasgraben
* Flöchgraben
* Beigraben
* Sulzbach
* Kürengrundbach
* Rottenbach
Spring ponds of the Lauter
The source ponds of the Lauter are located between Tiefenlauter and Oberlauter in the private grounds of a former fish farm. They are used as water supply for the ponds. The Karstquellen from the middle
shell limestone have a depth of up to two metres and pour out an average of 420 litres per second. After heavy rainfall events, the spring water has a brownish colour. The spring ponds are designated by the
Bavarian State Office for the Environment as Geotope 473Q001.
See also
*
List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
A
* Aalbach
* Abens
* Ach
* Afferbach
*Affinger Bach
*Ailsbach
* Aisch
* Aiterach
*Alpbach
* Alster
* Altmühl
* Alz
*Amper
* Anlauter
* Arbach
*Arbachgraben
*Aschaff
* Aschbach
*Attel
* Aubach, tributary of ...
References
Rivers of Bavaria
Rivers of Germany
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