{{short description|River in Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox river | name = Zaber | image = ZaberMuendung.jpg | image_caption = Zaber at its confluence with the Neckar at Lauffen am Neckar | pushpin_map = Germany | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Mouth of the Zaber | pushpin_map_alt =
| source1_location = Near Zaberfeld | mouth_location = Neckar at Lauffen am Neckar | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|49.0785|9.1550|region:DE-BW|display=it}} | progression = {{RNeckar}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Baden-Württemberg | length = {{convert|22.5|km|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-BW|LUBW}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|316|m|abbr=on}} }}
The '''Zaber''' ({{IPA|de|ˈtsaːbɐ|lang}}) 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.<ref>Albrecht Greule: ''Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch. Etymology of the names of waters and the corresponding names of areas, settlements and fields.'' De Gruyter, Berlin 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-11-019039-7}}</ref> 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 == thumb|left|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.
{| class="wikitable sortable toptextcells" |+ style="padding-bottom:1em" | Tributaries of the Zaber |- style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" ! style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" | Name ! style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" | side of confluence ! style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" | Length<br /><span style="font-weight:normal;"><nowiki>[km]</nowiki></span><ref group="Z">Nach LUBW-FG10 (Datensatzeinträge).</ref> ! style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" | Basin size<br /><span style="font-weight:normal;"><nowiki>in km²</nowiki></span> ! data-sort-type="number" style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" | remaining Length<br /><span style="font-weight:normal;"><nowiki>in m</nowiki></span> ! style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" | Location of confluence <br /> ! style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" | <br /><span style="font-weight:normal;"> elevation</span> ! style="background-color: #CEDAF2; vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" | Annotations
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="hintergrundfarbe6" | Zaber | style="text-align:center" | – | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="22,357" | {{0|}}22,4 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="113,806" | {{0|}}113,8 | style="text-align:center" | – | Lauffen am Neckar | style="text-align:right" | 161<ref>Texteintrag in Blau auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10 im Unterwasser der Lauffener Doppelschleuse.</ref> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Lochwiesenbächle | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="1,134" | {{0|0}}1,1 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="" | | style="text-align:center" | 20.614 | in reservoir Ehmetsklinge (zus. 13,2 ha Nach LUBW-SG10.<!-- 1,428 + 11,7407-->) | style="text-align:right" | 232<ref name="Ehmetsklinge">Texteintrag in Blau auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10 im Hauptsee der Ehmetsklinge.</ref> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Ehmetsklingenbächle | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="2,61" | {{0|0}}2,6 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="2,31" | {{0|00}}2,3 | style="text-align:center" | 20.359 | in reservoir Ehmetsklinge | style="text-align:right" | 232<ref name="Ehmetsklinge" /> | länger als Zaber
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Riesenbach | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,211" | {{0|0}}3,2 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="4,904" | {{0|00}}4,9 | style="text-align:center" | 19.692 | ''Au'' W Zaberfeld | style="text-align:right" | 220<ref name="LUBW-HLB">Nach dem Höhenlinienbild auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10 abgeschätzt.</ref> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Dämmlesgraben | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="1,766" | {{0|0}}1,8 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="" | | style="text-align:center" | 19.259 | Zaberfeld, Herrenwiesenweg | style="text-align:right" | 218<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | im Dorf verdolt
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Muttersbach | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="1,629" | {{0|0}}1,6 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="2,567" | {{0|00}}2,6 | style="text-align:center" | 19.245 | Zaberfeld, Herrenwiesenweg | style="text-align:right" | 218<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Katzenbach | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="2,033" | {{0|0}}2,0 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,445" | {{0|00}}3,4 | style="text-align:center" | 18.091 | Sportgelände E Zaberfeld | style="text-align:right" | 212<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Michelbach | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="4,316" | {{0|0}}4,3 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="6,256" | {{0|00}}6,3 | style="text-align:center" | 17.609 | between Reisenmühle u. Weiler an der Zaber | style="text-align:right" | 203<ref name="LUBW-Blau">Texteintrag in Blau an der Mündung auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10.</ref> | flows first through a reservoir
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | (Bach aus der Steinenklinge) | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="1,306" | {{0|0}}1,3 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="" | | style="text-align:center" | 16.671 | Weiler an der Zaber, Bogersmühle | style="text-align:right" | 202 <ref>Interpolated between adjacent values .</ref> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Benzbach | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="1,386" | {{0|0}}1,4 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="" | | style="text-align:center" | 15.522 | In front of road bridge in Pfaffenhofen | style="text-align:right" | 201<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | ab Dorfrand verdolt
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Rodbach | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="2,192" | {{0|0}}2,2 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="2,154" | {{0|00}}2,2 | style="text-align:center" | 15.311 | Sportstätten in Pfaffenhofen | style="text-align:right" | 200<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | ab Dorfrand verdolt
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | (Zufluss aus der Leopoldsklinge) | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="1,477" | {{0|0}}1,5 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="" | | style="text-align:center" | 14.577 | Umspannwerk vor Güglingen | style="text-align:right" | 196<ref name="LUBW-Blau" /> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Flügelaubach | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,543" | {{0|0}}3,5 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,516" | {{0|00}}3,5 | style="text-align:center" | 12.526 | Güglingen, ggü. Sophienhof | style="text-align:right" | 194<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Riedfurtbach | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,787" | {{0|0}}3,8 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,440" | {{0|00}}3,4 | style="text-align:center" | 11.476 | Mühle S Güglingen-Frauenzimmern | style="text-align:right" | 191<ref name="LUBW-Schwarz">Texteintrag in Schwarz an der Mündung auf der Hintergrundkarte der LUBW-FG10.</ref> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | (Sägmühlkanal) | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="1,29" | {{0|0}}1,3 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="" | | style="text-align:center" | 11.444 | Mühle S Güglingen-Frauenzimmern | style="text-align:right" | 190<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | mit längerem Ast ''Balzhöfer Bach'' 2,635 km
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | Fürtlesbach | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,464" | {{0|0}}3,5 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,207" | {{0|00}}3,2 | style="text-align:center" | 10.587 | opposite the industrial estate Güglingen-Frauenzimmern | style="text-align:right" | 188<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Wurmbach | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="4,045" | {{0|0}}4,0 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="7,261" | {{0|00}}7,3 | style="text-align:center" | {{0|0}}9.928 | wastewater treatment plant next to the border with Brackenheim | style="text-align:right" | 185<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Forstbach | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="7,163" | {{0|0}}7,2 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="10,965" | {{0|0}}11,0 | style="text-align:center" | {{0|0}}7.239 | NSG ''Zaberauen von Meimsheim und Botenheim'' vor Brackenheim-Meimsheim | style="text-align:right" | 181<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Herrenwiesenbach | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="7,381" | {{0|0}}7,4 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="11,145" | {{0|0}}11,1 | style="text-align:center" | {{0|0}}6.738 | uh. Zabergäubahn-bridge net to Brackenheim-Meimsheim | style="text-align:right" | 180<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Truselbach | style="text-align:center" | rechts | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="3,642" | {{0|0}}3,6 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="" | | style="text-align:center" | {{0|0}}5.282 | Brackenheim, Obere Schellenmühle | style="text-align:right" | | |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Neipperger Bächle | style="text-align:center" | left | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="8,944" | {{0|0}}8,9 | style="text-align:center" data-sort-key="14,086" | {{0|0}}14,1 | style="text-align:center" | {{0|0}}3.828 | wastewater treatment plant before the Lauffener Neckarschlinge | style="text-align:right" | 170<ref name="LUBW-HLB" /> | |- |}
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