Brunnenbach (Bleichenbach)

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Brunnenbach
Data
Water code DE : 248644
location East Hessian mountainous region

Hessian-Franconian mountainous region

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Bleichenbach  → Nidder  → Nidda  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source southeast of Hirzenhain
50 ° 23 ′ 13 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 29 ″  E
Source height approx.  339  m above sea level NHN
muzzle east of Ortenberg - Bergheim in den Bleichenbach Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 54 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 25 ″  E 50 ° 20 ′ 54 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 25 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  201  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 138 m
Bottom slope approx. 21 ‰
length 6.5 km
Catchment area 6.629 km²

The Brunnenbach is an approximately six and a half kilometers long right and northern tributary of the Bleichenbach in the Hessian Wetteraukreis .

geography

course

The Brunnenbach rises at an altitude of about 339  m above sea level. NHN in a coniferous forest on the western slope of the Birkertkopf ( 348  m above sea level ) east of Hofgut Luisenlust in the Gelnhaar district .

It initially flows in a south-westerly direction past the former Reimertsholz opencast mine , then crosses under the L 3183 and then runs through grassland on the southern edge of the Küchwald forest . South of the Schönberg ( 341.6  m above sea level ) it is fed by two small inlets.

It now moves through meadows and pastures, then passes the Ortenberg district of Usenborn and finally flows east of Ortenberg - Bergheim directly next to the Bleichtalhof at an altitude of about 201  m above sea level. NHN and from the right into the Bleichenbach .

Its 6.5 km long run ends about 138 meters below its source, so it has an average bottom gradient of about 21 ‰.

Nidder river system

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth
  2. ↑ a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  3. ↑ Iron ore extraction and smelting in Vogelsberg and in the Büdingen area ( Memento from September 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )