Bierbach (Gersprenz)
| Bierbach | ||
 View over the Bierbach in the foreground to the northern Bierbach homesteads that belong to Wersau |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 247617192 | |
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Hessian-Franconian mountainous region
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| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Gersprenz → Main → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | in Odenwald west of Brensbach -Bierbach 49 ° 45 '49 " N , 8 ° 50' 55" O |
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| Source height | 228 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | near Brensbach in the Gersprenz Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 6 " N , 8 ° 52 ′ 36" E 49 ° 46 ′ 6 " N , 8 ° 52 ′ 36" E |
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| Mouth height | 173 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | 55 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 19 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 2.9 km | |
The Bierbach is an almost three kilometer long, left and western tributary of the Gersprenz in the Odenwald .
geography
course
The Bierbach rises in the northern Odenwald at an altitude of about 228 m above sea level. NHN west of the hamlet of Bierbach belonging to the Brensbach district of Wersau .
On its course to the east, the stream marks the border between Wersau in the north and Franconian-Crumbach in the south. The only settlement on this body of water is the hamlet of Bierbach.
The Bierbach finally flows into Brensbach at an altitude of about 173 m above sea level. NHN from the left into the Gersprenz .
Its 1.4 km long run ends about 55 meters below its source, so it has an average bed gradient of about 19 ‰.
Catchment area
The influence area of the Bierbach lies in the Gersprenztal and Gersprenzgrund and is drained to the North Sea via the Gersprenz, the Main and the Rhine .
It borders
- in the northeast to that of the Küh-Bach , a tributary of the Gersprenz
- in the south to that of the Schleiersbach , a tributary of the Crumbach , which also flows into the Gersprenz
- in the southwest to that of the Crumbach tributary Bach on the Schreinersgrund
- in the west to that of the brook from the Jostkirche , a tributary of the Nonroder brook that drains over the Fischbach into the Gersprenz
- and in the north to that of the Kirchbach , a tributary of the Gräbenackersbach , which also flows into the Gersprenz.
Gersprenz river system
Web links
- Course of the Bierbach on the water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )