Schulzengrundbach

The Schulzengrundbach[2] is a small river left of the Westerbach in Landkreis Aschaffenburg in the Bavarian Spessart in Germany.

Schulzengrundbach
The Schulzengrundbach in Westerngrund-Oberwestern
Location
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
DistrictAschaffenburg
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationöstlich von Westerngrund-Oberwestern
 • coordinates50°07′08″N 9°15′16″E
 • elevation280 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
 • location
in Westerngrund-Oberwestern into the Westerbach
 • coordinates
50°06′57″N 9°14′29″E
 • elevation
240 m above sea level (NN)
Length1.0 km [1]
Basin features
ProgressionWesterbach→ Kahl→ Main→ Rhine→ North Sea
Geographical centre point of the European Union marked by the flag pole on the bank of the Schulzengrundbach in Westerngrund-Oberwestern
The Schulzengrundbach flows through a tube into the Westerbach

Location

Its source is east of Westerngrund-Oberwestern. It flows in southwesterly direction through the Schulzengrund valley and discharges in Oberwestern into the Westerbach.

Since 1 July 2013 it became famous, because the Geographic centre of the European Union is located in a wet meadow left of the Schulzengrundbach, when Croatia joined the European Union.[3][4]

References
  1. Google Earth
  2. Main-Echo Aschaffenburg, 21 July 2012: Grenzbach, Bindeglied, wildes Wasser: Durch Westerngrund (10): Der Westerbach – Namensgeber der Gemeinde – Einst zehn Mühlen angetrieben – verheerende Flut im August 1981. (in German)
  3. Westerngrund ist Mittelpunkt der Europäischen Union. (in German)
  4. Der Mittelpunkt ist eine feuchte Wiese in Oberwestern. (in German)


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