The Zaber (German:[ˈtsaːbɐ]) is a minor tributary of the River Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is some 22 km in length and joins the Neckar from the west at Lauffen am Neckar. It has given its name to the Zabergäu, the area between the Heuchelberg and Stromberg hills.
Name
The first mention is from the year 793 as Zabernahgouwe (Zabernachgau). Traditionally it is assumed that the name is derived from the Latin word Taberna ("restaurant", "street station"). It is assumed that the Roman settlement in today's Meimsheim bore this name (similar to the Alsatian place Zabern) and that with time the place name was transferred to the surroundings or to the river.[2] This theory is supported by the fact that there was a traffic junction in Roman Meimsheim and that the place was possibly of administrative importance for the region.
The region known as the Zabergäu, the area between the Heuchelberg and Stromberg hills, takes its name from the Zaber.
Geography
Ursprung der Zaber bei Zaberfeld
Sources
The Zaber rises in the district of Heilbronn about two kilometres south-southwest of Zaberfeld on the northern slope of the forested Stromberg (landscape).
It flows initially into a reservoir known as the Ehmetsklinge. It subsequently flows in an easterly direction through Zaberfeld, Pfaffenhofen, Güglingen and Brackenheim before reaching the Neckar at Lauffen. The river is shallow and therefore not navigable.
^Albrecht Greule: Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch. Etymology of the names of waters and the corresponding names of areas, settlements and fields. De Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN978-3-11-019039-7
^Texteintrag in Blau auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10 im Unterwasser der Lauffener Doppelschleuse.
^ abTexteintrag in Blau auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10 im Hauptsee der Ehmetsklinge.
^ abcdefghijklmNach dem Höhenlinienbild auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10 abgeschätzt.
^ abTexteintrag in Blau an der Mündung auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10.
