Altlayer Bach

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Altlayer Bach
Ruins of the ores of the Adolph-Helene mine in the Altlayer Bachtal

Ruins of the ores of the Adolph-Helene mine in the Altlayer Bachtal

Data
Water code DE : 26796
location Hunsrück

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at Rödelhausen
49 ° 59 ′ 28 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 43 ″  E
Source height approx.  300  m
muzzle in Zell in the Moselle Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 59 "  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 45"  E 50 ° 0 ′ 59 "  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 45"  E

length 11.7 km
Catchment area 61.604 km²
When the tide is low, the water runs through the slate spoil

When the tide is low, the water runs through the slate spoil

The Altlayer Bach is one of the typical small rivers that flow from the Hunsrück to the Moselle . It rises at approx. 300 m above sea ​​level as Belger Bach near Rödelhausen and flows after 12 km as a right side brook in the local area of Zell .

geography

course

In the upper reaches between Rödelhausen and Altlay it flows through a narrow valley without road connections. There are numerous abandoned slate pits and several mills that are still inhabited. The creek runs partially canalised and underground through the spoil heaps. From Altlay a road accompanies the stream to the mouth. The Altlayer Bach, together with the Hitzelbach, frames the Altlayer Switzerland .

Tributaries

  • Belgerbach ( left )
  • Hitzelbach ( left )
  • Peterswalderbach ( right )
  • Linischbach ( right )

Flora and fauna

In the narrow upper reaches, slopes wooded with oak and hornbeam border directly on the stream. At the lower reaches mainly willows and alders , which are hardly used economically today.

Gray herons and mallards are the most common water birds in the Bachtal.

Mining

In the Altlayer Bachtal, iron ore, lead and zinc were mined. At the boundary between Altlay, Belg and Peterswald -akenbofelscheid there are still ruins of the Adolph-Helene mine . The mine, first mentioned in 1409, was finally closed in the 1950s. Overhead management and administration of the mine Adolph-Helene had taken over the mining engineering office from Oskar Daub, engineer mining administrator in Altlay.

Since 1984 slate has been mined underground again in the Altlayer Bachtal. It is currently being mined at a depth of 120 m under the Altlay and Belg districts .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )

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