Burbach (Bleidenbach)

Burbach
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Water code	DE : 258672916
location	Rhenish Slate Mountains Taunus Eastern Hintertaunus Hasselbacher Hintertaunus Germany Hesse Limburg-Weilburg district
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Bleidenbach  → Weil  → Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	in Weilmünster - Rohnstadt 50 ° 24 ′ 23 ″  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 41 ″  E
Source height	approx.  304  m above sea level NHN
muzzle	North of Rohnstadt from the right in the Bleidenbach Coordinates: 50 ° 25 '2 "  N , 8 ° 21' 55"  E 50 ° 25 '2 "  N , 8 ° 21' 55"  E
Mouth height	approx.  206  m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 98 m
Bottom slope	approx. 65 ‰
length	1.5 km

The Burbach is a one and a half kilometers long, southern and right tributary of the Bleidenbach in the area of ​​the municipality of Weilmünster in the Hessian district of Limburg-Weilburg .

course

The Burbach rises in the Hasselborn Hintertaunus at an altitude of about 304  m above sea level. NHN on the outskirts of the Weilmünster district of Rohnstadt .

The Burbach initially flows in a north-easterly direction in a green area overgrown with trees and bushes. The corridor In der Daubern Wies passes the local cemetery and is then fed on its right by a second spring arm. The brook then runs, accompanied by the district road 443 ( Schultheisenstraße ) in almost northerly direction in the corridor In der Burbach on the edge of the forest in a valley between the heights of Hofwald ( 364  m ) on the left and Burgwald on the right.

It now makes a small curve to the left, then runs along the western foot of the Riesenkopf and finally flows into the Bleidenbach, which is approaching from the west-southwest, at the Spitzenmühle at an altitude of about 206  m from the right .

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The Burbach is a low mountain stream rich in coarse material and silicate. It drains over the Bleidenbach , the Weil , the Lahn and the Rhine into the North Sea . The difference in altitude from its source to its mouth is 98 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of about 65 ‰ over a length of about 1.5 km.

Web links

• Course of the Burbach on the water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
• Brigitte Schwenzer: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 139 Frankfurt a. M. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. →  Online map (PDF; 4.9 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ COMPASS.Maps
2. ↑ Google Earth
3. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
4. ↑ Soil slope , Spektrum.de