Brexbach

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Brexbach
The Brexbach between Grenzau and Bendorf-Sayn / scout camp

The Brexbach between Grenzau and Bendorf-Sayn / scout camp

Data
Water code DE : 27128
location Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Saynbach  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Westerwald east of Höhr-Grenzhausen as Hinterster Bach
50 ° 26 ′ 5 ″  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height approx.  451  m above sea level NHN 
muzzle in Bendorf - Sayn in den Saynbach Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 14 ″  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 18 ″  E 50 ° 26 ′ 14 ″  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 18 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  73  m above sea level NHN 
Height difference approx. 378 m
Bottom slope approx. 17 ‰
length 21.7 km
Catchment area 53.476 km²

The Brexbach (historically: Brachysa ) is an almost 22 km long left tributary of the Saynbach in Rhineland-Palatinate .

course

The Brexbach arises from the union of Hinterster Bach and Vorderster Bach in the Grenzhauser Stadtwald east of Höhr-Grenzhausen . However, some see the Hintersten Bach only as a name for the upper reaches of the Brexbach.

From the confluence of the two source streams at some fish ponds, the Brexbach initially runs along the upper edge of Höhr-Grenzhausen. In the upper Brexbachtal there was once a mustard mill (burnt down in 1914; memorial stone) as well as paint mill, Niesmühle and Kühnsmühle (buildings no longer used as mills still exist).

The Brexbach then reaches Höhr-Grenzhausen's district Grenzau and flows through the village below Grenzau Castle . Grenzau station is the terminus of the Brexbachtalbahn , which was closed for passenger traffic but partially reactivated in 2009 as a tourist railway .

The 16 km long Brexbachschluchtweg (“Wäller Tour”, “Saynsteig”), a varied, sometimes demanding hiking trail along steep and densely wooded slopes runs parallel to the historic railway line. You then reach the scout camp Brexbachtal in a meadow; On three kilometers there are tent camp sites, some with shelters, and a camp chapel.

The lower course of the Brexbach leads past the former Sayn Abbey , flows through the Sayn district below Sayn Castle, directly along the old protective wall before it flows into the Saynbach in the park of Sayn Castle . This ends in the area of ​​the Bendorfer port area in the Rhine.

Tributaries

  • Rear stream ( right source stream ), 3.2 km
  • Foremost brook ( left source brook ), 1.3 km
  • Seelbach ( right ), 2.2 km
  • Masselbach ( right ), 9.5 km
  • Felsgraben ( right ), 0.8 km
  • Eisenbach ( left ), 1.0 km
  • Nauorter raft ( right ), 1.6 km

Others

The Brexbach is - except for the Brexbachtalbahn and the scout camp - namesake for the Brexbach-Haie , as the fan club of the table tennis Bundesliga club TTC drawbridge Grenzau calls itself .

Web links

Commons : Brexbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ↑ a b Rhineland Water Management Administration