Hungerbrunnen


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Location: A7 (E43) exit Langenau, through Langenau, Nerenstetten, Weidenstetten, Altheim(Alb), Heuchlingen. At the road between Altheim and Heuchlingen in the Hungerbrunnental. 20km from the Motorway exit. 500m walk.
(48°35'21.79"N, 10° 3'41.02"E)
Open: no restrictions [2007]
Fee: free [2007]
Classification:  Karst Spring, intermittend spring
Light: electric
Dimension: Max production 700l/s
Guided tours:  
Bibliography: Hans Binder (1957): Der Hungerbrunnen, Sonderdruck aus: Mitteilungen des Vereins für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik in Ulm (Donau), 25. Heft, Ulm, 1957 (Deutsch - German)
Address:  
Last update:$Date: 2007/08/09 07:52:04 $

History

 
1533Hungerbrunnen and an annual dance at easter monday first written mention.
1640marked in the map by Bachmayer.
1724easter monday dance at the spring is forbidden by the Herzog von Württemberg.
1844first metion of the Brezgenmarkt.
1912borehole at the Hungerbrunnen
1939maximal outflow of 700 l/s measured.
1977deep borehole (190,5m deep) close to the spring.

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