Springerbach

The stream first heads northeast through open meadow and orchard land; in places its narrow bed is almost completely overgrown with willows, hazel and dense undergrowth. It passes beneath a cycle route and the B 469 main road, then follows the northern edge of Miltenberg-West, where the single-track "Madonnenlandbahn" branch line (Seckach–Miltenberg railway) runs. Along this stretch the Springerbach brushes past traces of Roman times: a fort settlement and a fort bath once stood nearby, and only about 200 metres away lay the Miltenberg-Altstadt fort, a cohort fort on the Main Limes at the northern start of the Outer Limes. A nearby forest track belongs to the Lower Franconian Limes trail, and the Main Cycle Route runs along the river – so the stream is easily combined with a bike ride or a walk.

Just before reaching the Main, the stream turns off above the Heubach weir and runs for a stretch, straightened and lined with stone, parallel to the river. Built between 1929 and 1932, the weir complex includes a large lock chamber, a separate boat lock, a barrage and a hydroelectric power station. The Springerbach then sweeps in a wide arc through the southern part of the park of Löwenstein Castle, built between 1721 and 1732. Here it crosses a park-like area of lawns, paths and a species-rich belt of trees – chestnut, maple, lime, plane and beech – before flowing into the Main southeast of Kleinheubach, a short distance upstream of the Heubach bridge that links Großheubach with Kleinheubach.