The Jagst ( German pronunciation: [jakst] ) is a right tributary of the Neckar in northern Baden-Württemberg , Germany . The source of this 190 km long river is in the hills east of Ellwangen , close to the Bavarian border. The Jagst winds through the towns of Ellwangen , Crailsheim , Kirchberg an der Jagst , Langenburg , Krautheim , Möckmühl and Neudenau . Near Bad Wimpfen , the Jagst flows into the Neckar, a few km downstream from the mouth of the river Kocher , that flows more or less parallel to the Jagst.
5-541: To the south of the river is the Harthausen Forest . The following rivers are tributaries to the river Jagst (from source to mouth): This article related to a river in Baden-Württemberg is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Harthausen Forest The Harthausen Forest ( German : Harthäuser Wald ) is a large forested area that – depending on the definition used –
10-565: Is 20 to over 30 km² in area. It lies in the north of Baden-Württemberg between the valleys of the lower reaches of the Jagst and Kocher on a hill ridge which is up to 334 m above sea level (NN) . The largest part of the forest lies on the territory of Hardthausen am Kocher and thus in the county of Heilbronn district, a smaller part in the east is in Hohenlohekreis district. The forest derives its name from
15-593: The Landesstraße L ;1047 between its bridge over the motorway and the Seehaus. In this area a flat hill ridge runs eastwards from the bridge over the A 81 to the west of Seehaus for a distance of about 2.5 kilometres with a height of around 330 m above NN on either side of the Landesstraße . This ridge forms the watershed in the forest between the nearby Jagst to the north and
20-525: The county of Heilbronn . 80% of the forest is in the municipality of Hardthausen am Kocher. In the north the forest reaches the River Jagst between Züttlingen and Olnhausen at several places. In the southeast it reaches the Kocher between Sindringen and Ohrnberg. The Harthausen Forest lies at elevations of roughly between 180 and 334 m above NN . These maximum heights are attained on
25-516: The settlement Harthausen near Lampoldshausen which was abandoned in the Late Middle Ages . The Harthausen Forest lies between the lower courses of the Jagst and Kocher . The towns and villages of Möckmühl , Widdern , Jagsthausen , Öhringen , Hardthausen am Kocher , Neuenstadt am Kocher and Neudenau (in clockwise order) have shares in the forest region. Apart from Öhringen, which belongs to Hohenlohekreis , all of them are in
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