Üßbach

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Uessbach
Uessbach
The Üßbach just before Bad Bertrich at the Elfenmühle and the natural monument of the Elfengrotte

The Üßbach just before Bad Bertrich at the Elfenmühle and the natural monument of the Elfengrotte

Data
Water code EN : 2684
location Eifel , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Alf  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source At Mosbruch in the Vulkaneifel district
50 ° 15 ′ 39 ″  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height approx.  493  m above sea level NHN
muzzle At Alf ( district of Cochem-Zell ) in the Alf coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 29 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 17 ″  E 50 ° 3 ′ 29 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 17 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  101  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 392 m
Bottom slope approx. 8 ‰
length 48.7 km
Catchment area 184.96 km²
Left tributaries Ulmener Bach, Litzbach, Winkelbach, Erdenbach, Purnesbach
Right tributaries Schönbach, Hahnenbach, Grundbach, Rosselbach, Elbesbach, Hesselbach, Bonsbeurener Bach, Dauselgraben
Small towns Elmen with the districts of Furth and Meiserich
Communities Mosbruch , Hörschhausen , Bad Bertrich , Alf

The Üßbach (also spelled “Ueßbach” or “Üssbach”) is a 49 kilometer long brook in the Eifel ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). It rises near Mosbruch in the Vulkaneifel district and flows into the river of the same name at Alf ( Cochem-Zell district ) just before it flows into the Moselle . The spa town of Bad Bertrich is located on the Üßbach . The ruins of the Entersburg lie in a wide loop to the southwest of the Bad Bertrich district of Kennfus .

From the late 1960s, RWE planned the large Bremm pumped storage plant . The dam for its six-kilometer-long Obersee would have been built near Bad Bertrich in the northern Erdenbach valley , which flows into the Üßbach a good kilometer east of the town. The project was ultimately rejected.

Remarks

  1. ↑ For the query in the Geoexplorer the spelling Ueßbach must be selected.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( information ), accessed on January 22, 2014
  2. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information ), accessed on January 22, 2014

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