Schozach (river)

Schozach is a river in Germany. It is a right tributary of the Neckar in the southern part of the Heilbronn district of Baden-Württemberg. It has its source near the village Vorhof near Untergruppenbach in the Löwenstein Hills and flows through Oberheinriet, Unterheinriet, Abstatt, , Ilsfeld, Schozach and Talheim, and Heilbronn, before it flows into the Neckar near Sontheim, part of Heilbronn. The source is on 301m above sea level, the confluence at 154m above sea level.

Tributaries

Origin of the ''Schozach'' in the upper ''Dautenklinge'' in a northern tongue of forest meadows near Untergruppenbach atrium on about 305 m.

* Stream from the ''Schwinglesklinge'', from right to 250 m at the footbridge at the end of Oberheinriet, 2,2 km. Occurs in the west of the ''Masselterklinge'' a little east of the A 81 at about 330 m.
* Brook from the ''Plankenklinge'', from right at the sports field of Unterheinriet, 1,0 km. Origins before the eastern edge of the ''Grafenwald'' at about 270 m and runs through three ponds.
* Buchbach, from left on the ''Breitwiesen'' at the end of Unterheinriet at about 235 m 5,6 km. Origins in the Löwensteiner Waldgewann ''Buch'' at about 385 m next to the artificial ''Mühlgraben'', which here supplies the water of its upper blade of wood, which continues to move further uphill, to the Sulm.
* Bach from the ''Scheidlesklinge'', from the left soon after opposite the Unterheinrieter industrial area, 1,2 km. Origins at
''Schellenrain'' from several sources at about 310 m.
* ''Vohenlohebach'', 1,0 km.
* Happenbach, from the right after the first road bridge in Abstatt on 234.3 m , 3,9 km. Occurs in the area of Untergruppenbach in the northern ''Grafenwald'' a little east of the A 81 at about 325 .
* Abstetter Bach, from left at the western edge of Ilsfeld-Auenstein before the Schozach bridge of the feeder road to the junction Ilsfeld, at least 3.0 km. Origins southwest of the Abstetterhof just before the ''Hammelwald'' or in it at least 252 m.
* Gruppenbach, after the same road bridge on 226.3 m Occurs in the Heilbronner Stadtwald at the eastern slope of the ''Hintersberg'' to the ''Reisberg'' at about 355 m.
After the inflow of the ''Gruppenbach'' and the crossing under the A 81 the river turns its flow direction from southwest to west.
* ''Riegelbach'', canalized from the right at the Ilsfelder Bad at the Robert-Mayer-Straße, 1,7 km. Origins in the ''Steinlesgrund'' at about 260 m.
* ''Eichenweggraben'', from left at the mountainous settlement edge of Ilsfeld, 1,2 km.
* ''Eigersbach'', from the left at the bridge of the K 2156 from Ilsfeld to the Pfahlhof, 1,6 km. Develops beside the forest road at about 280 m, in the local area verdolt.
* ''Wässerung'', from the right at the sewage plant below Ilsfelds below 225, 1,8 km. Occurs at the vineyard slope ''Gänser'' at about 275 m
After the inlet of the ''Wässerung'' the river enters its narrow, meandering Muschelkalk blade at the lower reaches and turns its flow direction from west to north-northwest.
* ''Landgraben'', below the Schozach bridge of Schozach, 2,3 km. Develops as a road ditch at the junction of the K 2048 to Schozach from the L 1100 at about 290 m.
* Frankelbach, from right in the south Talheims on 195.9 m, 3,1 km. Occurs in the middle ''Durstlache'' at about 265 m and after a little more than half the run it passes the 1,3 ha big ''Frankelbachsee''.
* Deinenbach, from the right about hundred meters before the mouth, 7,3 km. Origins on the district of Flein east of the vineyard ''Kapfenhart'' on about 260 m.

The ''Schozach'' after 25.6 km run about 400 km below the Neckar bridge of the Neckar valley road (K 9564) at house No. 32/1 of the Horkheimer road in Heilbronn-Sontheim at 154.0 m from the right into the Neckar.

References

Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Rivers of Germany

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