Auer Mühlbach is a river in
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is a branch of the
Isar in the southern part of
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
.
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
Untergiesing-Harlaching (Central Bavarian: ''Untagiasing-Harlaching'') is the 18th borough of Munich, Germany, mostly the districts of Untergiesing and Harlaching. The borough's western border is the river Isar, in the south it borders on Grà ...
) 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, tributary of ...
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
0Auer Mühlbach
Rivers of Germany
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