Breitenbach (alder)

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Breitenbach
Data
Water code DE : 46188 ??
location Hildburghausen district , Thuringia
River system Weser
Drain over Alder  → Nahe  → Schleuse  → Werra  → Weser  → North Sea
source on the southern slope of the Adlersberg in the Thuringian Forest
50 ° 35 ′ 18 ″  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height approx.  770  m above sea level NN
muzzle in St. Kilian Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 18 "  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 27"  E 50 ° 31 ′ 18 "  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 27"  E
Mouth height 384  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 386 m
Bottom slope approx. 42 ‰
length 9.1 km
Left tributaries Dommigsgrund (3.5 km), Vesser (10.5 km)
Communities Breitenbach , Schleusingen

The Breitenbach is a 9.1 km, over the Vesser 13.5 km long, left tributary of the alder in the area of ​​the city Schleusingen in the district of Hildburghausen , Thuringia .

Starting from the southern slope of the 849  m high Adlersberg , the stream flows primarily in a southerly direction. In the district of Breitenbach it leaves the wooded area of ​​the Thuringian Forest and the red sandstone foreland and the Vesser flows into it from the left, which brings more water than the Breitenbach itself. About 3 km to the southwest, it finally flows into the Alder in St. Kilian.

Vesser and Breitenbach are both main arms of the lock's fan .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c River lengths according to geopaths (kmz, 62 kB)