Affhöllerbach (Gersprenz)

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Affhöllerbach
The Affhöllerbach valley near Böllstein

The Affhöllerbach valley near Böllstein

Data
Water code DE : 247617116
location Hessian-Franconian mountainous region

Rhine-Main lowlands

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Gersprenz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Odenwald south of Brombachtal - Böllstein
49 ° 44 ′ 16 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 56 ″  E
Source height 370  m above sea level NHN
muzzle north of Brensbach - Nieder-Kainsbach in the Gersprenz Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 29 ″  E 49 ° 45 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 29 ″  E
Mouth height 173  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 197 m
Bottom slope 44 ‰
length 4.5 km

The Affhöllerbach is an approximately four and a half kilometers long right and southeast tributary of the Gersprenz .

geography

course

The Affhöllerbach rises at an altitude of about 370  m above sea level. NHN in the Odenwald south of the Brombachtal district of Böllstein .

It passes the village and flows in a north-northwest direction, first through grassland and then through forest. Then it runs in a north-westerly direction along the north-east edge of the village belonging to Brensbach and of the same name as it .

It now runs through fields and meadows and finally flows north-northwest of the Nieder-Kainsbach district of Brensbach at an altitude of about 173  m above sea level. NHN from the right and south-east into the Gersprenz approaching from the south.

Its 4.5 km long run ends about 197 meters below its source, so it has an average bed gradient of about 44 ‰.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the Affhöllerbach is mainly in the Vorderen Odenwald , only the estuary area is in the Reinheim hill country . The Affhöllerbach drains it over the Gersprenz, the Main and the Rhine to the North Sea.

The catchment area borders

  • in the northeast to that of the Brensbach , a tributary of the Gersprenz
  • on the east of Balsbachs , the right source stream of the Kinzig , in the Mümling opens
  • in the southeast to that of the Hembach , a tributary of the Brombach , which is also a Mümling tributary
  • in the south to that of the Kainsbach tributary Wünschbach
  • in the southwest to that of the Stierbach , also a tributary of the Kainsbach
  • in the west then to that of the Kainsbach itself, which flows into the Gersprenz
  • and in the north to that of the Kilsbach , which also flows into the Gersprenz

Gersprenz river system

Localities

Web links

Commons : Affhöllerbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map and legend of the natural areas of Hesse (online copy of Die Naturraum Hessens , Otto Klausing 1988) in the Hessen Environmental Atlas of the Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology
  2. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )