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Pfinzblick

by schnecl     Germany > Baden-Württemberg > Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis

N 49° 00.205' E 008° 28.314' (WGS84)

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 Size: micro
Status: Available
 Hidden on: 29 July 2012
 Listed since: 29 July 2012
 Last update: 10 August 2026
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OCE89F

28 Found
1 Not found
3 Notes
3 Maintenance logs
4 Watchers
0 Ignorers
520 Page visits
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The Pfinz rises near Straubenhardt in the northern Black Forest, then cuts through the southern end of the Kraichgau hills and runs through the Upper Rhine rift valley from Durlach. Further north, it flows into the Rhine at Rußheim together with the Saalbach Canal.
Below Grötzingen is the Hühnerloch weir, where part of the Pfinz water is fed into a flood relief channel. A maximum discharge of 5 m³/s is fed into the original bed of the Pfinz below the weir, i.e. into the Durlach area, while the rest is fed directly into the Rhine via the relief channel. At mean water, the Durlach Pfinz carries 1 - 1.5 m³/s, the average low water discharge is 0.54 m³/s (SPANG.FISCHER.NATZSCHKA 2003, p. 37).
At km 33+400 is the Obermühle (Upper Mill), which has been in operation again since 1992 as a hydropower plant with a historic mill wheel. Below the Obermühle, roads run along the watercourse at a distance of a few meters from the upper edge of the embankment. The transverse profile of the Pfinz here has the shape of a trapezoid that is very deep compared to the terrain and is widened on the left-hand side to provide space for a footpath that allows direct access to the water. Woods grow on the right-hand embankment.
The connection of the Pfinz to the public path network, in the form of cycle paths and footpaths, is very good throughout, while direct access possibilities only exist in the green area below the Obermühle and above the mill in places on the right bank. Due to the very deep deepening of the Pfinz in the area directly below the Obermühle, the experience of this very attractive and characteristic section is limited.
(Source and further information: http://www.durlacher.de/themen/umwelt-natur/pfinz.html)

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Log entries for Pfinzblick    Found 28x Not found 1x Note 3x Maintenance 3x

Available 10 August 2026 schnecl has maintained the cache

Das Döschen ist wieder an der ursprünglichen Stelle - viel Spass beim Suchen und Finden :-)

The box is back in its original spot—have fun looking for it and finding it!

OC-Team Archived 06 July 2026 Opencaching.de has archived the cache

Dieser Cache ist seit mehr als 6 Monaten „momentan nicht verfügbar“; daher wird er automatisch archiviert. Er kann vom Besitzer jederzeit instand gesetzt und reaktiviert werden.

Temporarily not available 02 January 2026 schnecl has disabled the cache

Da haben die Rasenmäherhorden des Gartenbauamtes ganze Arbeit geleistet, der Cache ist vollkommen zerstört - ich werde mir was Neues überlegen müssen, solange bleibt der Cache leider inaktiv Stirnrunzelnd

Not found 28 December 2025, 08:50 sucher12 did not find the geoacache

Nicht gefunden,  isser noch da?

Found 30 December 2024, 14:52 DL9NFA found the geocache

30. Dezember 2024
Ein gemütlicher Spaziergang durch Durlach mit ein paar Dose.
Dankeschön!
73 de DL9NFA

Zusammen mit GraceRunner.

Vielen lieben Dank an Euch Owner für die vielen Mühen die Ihr euch macht! Auch wenn oftmals die Caches zerstört bzw. gemuggelt bzw. wieder einer von uns schusseligen Cachern das Dösle nicht wieder ordentlich verschließt und das Log zu schwimmen beginnt.