Auer Mühlbach is a river in
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
,
Germany
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. It is a branch of the
Isar
The Isar () is a river in Austria and in Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel mountain range of the Alps. The Isar river enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Krün, Wallgau, Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching ...
in the southern part of
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
.
History
Long before the "official" founding of the city of Munich, the water power of the Isar was used for the operation of mills. Since the Isar was a wild mountain river and until its increasing regulation from the 19th century on, it frequently changed its course and showed strong level fluctuations. The mill wheels in the Munich area were not built at the unpredictable main branch, but at a regulable, artificially diverted side branch with as constant a water flow as possible, the ''Mühlbach''. The first written mention of the stream and a mill at ''Kiesingenum'' (today
Untergiesing) is found in a document from the year 957.
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, tributa ...
References
Literature (in German)
* Michael Dosch: ''Projekt zur Isarregulierung und Bebauung der Stadtbezirke Au'', München 1897. Monacensia 2° Mon. 59
* Christine Rädlinger: ''Geschichte der Münchner Stadtbäche''. Herausgegeben vom
Stadtarchiv München, Franz Schiermeier Verlag München 2004,
* Peter Klimesch: ''Drunt in der grünen Au. Die Nockherstraße im Wandel der Zeit.'' Norderstedt 2014. .
Rivers of Bavaria
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Rivers of Germany
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