Bichelbach

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Bichelbach
Bichelbachquelle.jpg
Data
Water code DE : 272162
location District of Siegen-Wittgenstein , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany )
River system victory
Drain over White  → Victory  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Rothaargebirge
on the Haincher Höhe
50 ° 50 ′ 19 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 23 ″  E
Source height Bichelbachquelle
(approx. 380 m south-east of the beginning of the kilometer )
approx. 559  m above sea level. NHN

Bach point
(slightly above the beginning of the kilometer)
approx.  497.5  m above sea level. NHN  
50 ° 50 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 5 ″  E

muzzle near Rudersdorf in the white coordinates: 50 ° 50 '44 "  N , 8 ° 7' 52"  E 50 ° 50 '44 "  N , 8 ° 7' 52"  E
Mouth height approx.  314  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 285 / 183.5

length 6.1 km
Catchment area 15.93 km²
Left tributaries see below
Right tributaries see below

The Bichelbach is a 6.1 km long, eastern and orographically right tributary of the Weiß in the districts of the localities of Hainchen , Irmgarteichen , Gernsdorf and Rudersdorf in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein .

course

The Bichelbach rises in the southwest of the Rothaargebirge . About 380 m ( straight line ) southeast of the city, in Forest Brook location where his Kilometrierung of 6.1 km in length starts ( 497.5  m above sea level.  NHN ), located in the to Netphen belonging district Hainchen something northwest below the summit of the South-West summit ( 605.9  m ) the Haincher Höhe at about 559  m altitude, the Bichelbach spring also in the forest . About 1.8 km southwest of the Bichelbach spring is the Gernsbacher Höhe ( 540.6  m ) as a southwestern continuation of the Haincher Höhe ; near the source the Rothaarsteig runs over the Haincher Höhe .

A few meters below the aforementioned creek point, the Bichelbach , which from then on flows through the Siegerland and initially north-west, runs for about 300 m through the Irmgarteichen district . Then he enters the Gernsdorf district and leaves the wooded area. From then on it flows through the meadow landscape of the nature conservation and fauna-flora-habitat area Gernsdorfer Weidekämpe , in which there are branching, small streams. There it takes its first two tributaries, of which the lower is also called Bichelbach . Shortly afterwards it crosses  under the state road 722 (Irmgarteichen – Gernsdorf) and flows parallel to it for a short distance - approximately in a westerly direction.

After the confluence of the Schalkebach on the left side and another tributary coming from the same direction, which rises in the valley west of the 476  m high Henneberg, the Bichelbach reaches the village of Gernsdorf, where it flows a little to the northeast. There it takes on three other small tributaries on the right: Spilzebach, Eibach and Spitzebach. In the village it turns to the southwest and turns back to the northwest when it reaches the district and village of Rudersdorf . In the village follow its longest tributary on the left, the Wahlbach coming from the Tiefenrother Höhe ( 552.3  m ), and on the right the Mühlenbach, which flows down from a 451.5  m high elevation of the ridge between Salchendorf and Rudersdorf and joins just before its mouth small pond feeds.

A little below Rudersdorf , the Bichelbach flows near the junction of the L 893 (leads to Anzhausen ) at an altitude of 316.2  m from the L 722 (Rudersdorf– Wilnsdorf ) at around 314  m into the Sieg- tributary Weiß coming from the south ; about 250  Bach meters white downstream is the Anzhäuser mill .

Natural allocation

The Bichelbach rises in the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33), in the main unit Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland) (333) and in the subunit Dill-Lahn-Eder source area (333.0) in the natural area Kalteiche (with Haincher Höhe) (333.00) . A few meters below its source area, it reaches the southern Siegen Bergland (331.04) natural area in the main unit Siegerland (331) and in the sub-unit North Siegerland Bergland (331.0 ), in which it flows up to its mouth.

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Bichelbach is 15.93 km². Its tributaries include (viewed downstream):

Surname page Length
( km ) 		Source Muzzle EZG
( km² ) 		GKZ
height ( m above sea  level )
nameless? right 0.96 478 417.5 - 272162-12
Bichelbach right 0.70 455 412, 0 - -
nameless? right 0.70 454 402.5 - -
nameless? Left 1.74 510 388, 0 - 272162-14
Schalkebach Left 0.85 440 382.5 - -
Spilzebach right 0.70 437 367, 0 - -
Eibach right 1.16 416 355, 0 - 272162-16
Spitzebach right 0.35 378 350, 0 - -
Wahlbach Left 3.86 470 325, 0 6.253 272162-2
Mühlbach right 2.01 414 319.5 - 272162-92

Lahn-Sieg watershed

The headwaters of the Bichelbach and the sources of some of its tributaries are located near the Lahn - Sieg water divide, which runs over the Haincher and Gernsbacher Höhe. While the water of the Dill, which rises on the other side of their common ridge , reaches the Rhine tributary Lahn, that of the Bichelbach flows through the Weiß into the Rhine tributary Sieg.

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i German basic map (DGK 5) in Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  4. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  5. ↑ For a better overview and sorting downstream, a hyphen is inserted for each river in the water code number (GKZ) after the number “272162”, which stands for the Bichelbach .