Brunnenbach (Bleichenbach)
Brunnenbach | ||
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Water code | DE : 248644 | |
location |
East Hessian mountainous region
Hessian-Franconian mountainous region |
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River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Bleichenbach → Nidder → Nidda → Main → Rhine → North Sea | |
source | southeast of Hirzenhain 50 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ N , 9 ° 9 ′ 29 ″ E |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ a b Google Earth
- ↑ a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
- ↑ Iron ore extraction and smelting in Vogelsberg and in the Büdingen area ( Memento from September 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )