The Jagsttal is in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The catchment area of the Jagst
background
The Chasing is a right tributary of the Neckar with a length of 203 km. It rises on the edge of the Alb foreland near Unterschneidheim-Walxheim (coordinate:48 ° 56 '24 "N.10 ° 18 ′ 48 ″ E) at a height of 519 m above sea level. NN and joins after 203 km Bad friedrichshall at a height of approx. 140 m in the Neckar. The Stove often only flows a short distance parallel to the Jagst.
Places and regions
In the Swabian-Franconian Forest
The Jagst flows from its source near Walxheim to the southwest through the Stocksmühle reservoir Lippach.
- At Lauchheim on the eastern Alb the river turns to the northwest. He is accompanied by the
to Westhausen. At book the river first fills the Rainau-Buch reservoir, then it flows further north, now accompanied by the 
. - In Ellwangen the Jagst flows in approx. 430 m above sea level. NN further through the area of the Virngrund.
- Behind Jagstzell the valley widens a little, the river forms numerous small loops.
Hohenloher Jagsttal
- At Crailsheim the Jagst still flows 400 m above sea level. NN at the edge of the Swiss franc amount, but now it is Hohenloher level reached, in whose shell limestone the river is deeply cut in a meandering shape. The river valley no longer offers space for towns and roads that evades to the level of the level.
- Kirchberg an der Jagst is no exception: the place is on the left side of the river at an altitude of around 390 m above sea level. NN, the river flows 50 m deeper in the narrow valley. A little further downstream is the ruin Leofels. Then opens from the right Brettach in the Jagst, it comes from Red at the lake and not to be confused with the Brettach, which flows into the Kocher near Neuenstadt.
- Langenburg is picturesquely located on a ridge at 420 m, the Jagst has dug itself in at 290 m above sea level. NN. Now there is enough space for a street again. The L 1033 usually accompanies the river on the right side.
- At Mulfingen the river is still at an altitude of 260 m Hohebach and
- Dörzbach leads the
through the Jagsttal, it comes from Künzelsau and continues after Bad Mergentheim. - Near Krautheim once the Jagst has reached its northernmost point, it is now flowing, accompanied by the L 1025 through several smaller places
- Schöntal and its baroque monastery complex, the river still has a height of 206 m above sea level. NN.
Lower Jagsttal
The lower Jagsttal is now part of the Heilbronner Land.
- In Jagsthausen the Jagst flows past 3 castles. Here it comes up to approx. 1.5 km near the stove.
- over Rams reach her soon
- Möckmühl, where the Seckach which flows from the north from the Building land comes. The river makes some more loops, then it reaches over Neudenau his last stop. Just behind
- Bad friedrichshall-Jagstfeld it flows into about 140 m above sea level. NN. in the Neckar.
