Banfe (Lahn)

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Banfe
upper course: Upper Fischelbach
Data
Water code DE : 25812
location Rothaar Mountains

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Wittgensteiner Bergland , Rothaargebirge
50 ° 51 ′ 54 ″  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 45 ″  E
Source height 467  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Bad Laasphe in the Lahn coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 22 "  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 26"  E 50 ° 55 ′ 22 "  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 26"  E
Mouth height approx.  324  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 143 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length 11.8 km
Catchment area 38.834 km²
Left tributaries Sohler Bach , Gonderbach , Bernshäuser Bach , Zei, Breitenbach
Right tributaries Hesselbach , Auerbach, Tretenbach
Small towns Bad Laasphe

The Banfe , called Fischelbach in the upper reaches , is an 11.8 km long, orographically right tributary of the Lahn in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district , North Rhine-Westphalia , over its left source Sohler Bach 16.2 km .

Along with Dill , Dietzhölze and Treisbach, the Banfe represents the most important tributary of the Lahn, which drains the Rothaar Mountains. The Banfe is the only one of the rivers mentioned that runs entirely in the mountains and flows there.

geography

course

The source of the Banfe is located in the south of the Bad Laasphe district and the Wittgensteiner Bergland in the southeastern Rothaar Mountains , immediately southeast of Fischelbach at an altitude of 467 meters above sea level. From there it flows in the form of a semicircle open to the southeast in a clockwise direction, initially in a north-westerly direction to the east towards the mouth. To the west of Hesselbach flowing Hesselbach in Fischelbach; from this point on the river is called Banfe. A little further down the stream it takes on the left side of the Bernshausen stream coming from Bernshausen . It then passes through the districts of Banfe , Herbertshausen and Laaspherhütte , until it finally flows into the Lahn in the southwest of the core town of Bad Laasphes at an altitude of 324 meters above sea level.

In Fischelbach the Banfe flows from the left or from the Ederkopf-Lahnkopf ridge to its source tributary Sohler Bach , over which the stream is significantly longer than its actual source river.

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of ​​the Banfe is 38.834 km². Its tributaries include the Sohler Bach , the Gonderbach , the Hesselbach and the Bernshäuser Bach .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ Topographic map 1: 25,000
  3. ↑ a b c d Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW