Benzenbach (Mergbach)

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Benzenbach
Data
Water code DE : 247611312
location Hessian-Franconian mountainous region

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Mergbach  → Gersprenz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Odenwald west of Stolz
49 ° 40 ′ 48 ″  N , 8 ° 50 ′ 14 ″  E
Source height approx.  340  m above sea level NHN
muzzle near Reichelsheim - Groß-Gumpen in the Mergbach Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '2 "  N , 8 ° 49' 23"  E 49 ° 42 '2 "  N , 8 ° 49' 23"  E
Mouth height approx.  236  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 104 m
Bottom slope approx. 39 ‰
length 2.7 km

The Benzenbach is a three kilometer long right and south tributary of the Mergbach .

geography

course

The Benzenbach rises at an altitude of about 340  m above sea level. NHN in the Vorderen Odenwald southwest of Reichelsheim - Groß-Gumpen in a wet meadow area between the Stotz ( 478.1  m ) in the south and the Range ( 409.9  m ) in the north.

It flows in a north-westerly direction first through forest and then through meadows and fields. East of the Muhl-Bergs ( 277.4  m above sea level. NHN ) passes under the Bach the wholesale Gumpener Kriemhildenstraße , the road through the Federal Highway 47 / Federal Highway 38 , while only a single housing land touching, and ends a few meters across from small pools on a height of about 236  m from the south and from the right into the Mergbach approaching from the southwest .

Its approximately 2.7 km long run ends approximately 104 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of about 39 ‰.

Area of ​​influence

The area of ​​influence of the Benzenbach lies in the Tromm-Odenwald, a part of the Vorderen Odenwald, and is drained to the North Sea via the Mergbach, Gersprenz , Main and Rhine .

It borders

  • in the northeast to that of the Schnepfenbach , a tributary of the Mergbach
  • in the east to that of the Irrbach , a tributary of the Osterbach
  • in the southeast and south of the Osterbach, the right source river of the Gersprenz
  • in the southwest to that of the Weschnitz , which flows into the Rhine
  • and in the west to that of the Marbach , a tributary of the Mergbach

The highest point is the 478.1  m above sea level. NHN high Stotz.

The area of ​​influence in the area of ​​the upper reaches is forested, otherwise fields and meadows alternate.

Gersprenz river system

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )