Bieberbach (Kauerbach)

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Bieberbach
Bieberbach in Biebern

Bieberbach in Biebern

Data
Water code DE : 254462
location Hunsrück

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Kauerbach  → Simmerbach  → Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Faas forest near Wüschheim
50 ° 0 ′ 58 ″  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 31 ″  E
Source height approx.  490  m above sea level NN 
confluence at Unzenberg train station with the Heinzenbach to the Kauerbach Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 41 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 17 ″  E 49 ° 57 ′ 41 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 17 ″  E
Mouth height 332  m above sea level NN 
Height difference approx. 158 m
Bottom slope approx. 14 ‰
length 11.1 km
Catchment area 19.091 km²

The Bieberbach is the approximately 11 km long, north and left source brook of the Kauerbach in Rhineland-Palatinate .

geography

The Bieberbach rises about 500 m above sea level in the Hunsrück in a wooded area ( Faas ) near Wüschheim and flows together with the Heinzenbach to the Kauerbach at Unzenberg station .

Flora and fauna

The Bieberbach flows through extensively used valley meadows, with willows and alders on the banks that are hardly used economically today. Gray herons and mallards are the most common water birds in the Bachtal.

Particularity by name

The valley of the upper reaches between Wüschheim and Nannhausen is called Biebertal .

The dialect term Bääsemdaal has been used for the Biebertal up to the present day .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b topographic map 1: 25,000 "
  2. ↑ a b Rhineland Water Management Administration
  3. ↑ Rhenish dictionary; Part 1; Page 630. [1]