Dautphe (river)
| Dautphe | ||
 The Dautphe in Friedensdorf |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 25816 | |
| location |
The greater Westerwald region
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| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Lahn → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | south of Holzhausen , Dautphetal 50 ° 47 ′ 48 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 54 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 493 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | north of Friedensdorf in the Lahn coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 26 " N , 8 ° 33 ′ 59" E 50 ° 51 ′ 26 " N , 8 ° 33 ′ 59" E |
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| Mouth height | 245 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 248 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 28 ‰ | |
| length | 8.8 km | |
| Catchment area | 41.843 km² | |
| Discharge A Eo : 41.843 km² at the mouth |
MNQ MQ Mq |
29 l / s 533 l / s 12.7 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Bolzebach, Fortbach, Lautzebach | |
| Right tributaries | Kaltenbach, Belzerbach | |
The Dautphe is a 8.8 km long right tributary of the Lahn in western Central Hesse , Germany . It runs entirely within the district of Dautphetal , which is named after it.
The valley of the Dautphe below the course of the source is a side valley of the Lahn and part of the natural area Oberes Lahnal .
geography
course
Upper course
The Dautphe rises in the north of the Gladenbacher Bergland , in the north-east of the so-called Bottenhorn plateaus , which form its center of gravity.
The two source streams, of which the western one is the nominal one, arise south of Holzhausen on the northwest flank of the 552 m high Daubhaus in the so-called Herrwald . Both flow in a north-easterly to northerly direction and unite south of Holzhausen and west of the 504 m high Hünstein, which gives this place its name .
In Holzhausen, the Dautphe takes two more streams close to the source from the left, the first of which comes from the southwest flank of the 520 m high Hilsberg and the second from the north-northwest adjoining, a good 540 m high Schlossberg . Both streams unite immediately before their confluence with the Weinbach . Further tributaries flow in from both sides.
Middle course along the B 453
At Amelose , where the route of the B 453 , which will henceforth accompany the river , flows from the right, the Kaltenbach from the direction of Herzhausen, which was fed immediately on the left by the Kellerbach . These rivers come, like all other right-hand tributaries below Holzhausen, from the so-called Damshausen Kuppen , which connect to the Dautphetal to the east.
In Mornshausen , the Dautphe takes on the Bolzebach flowing in from the left , the source of which lies on the saddle between the striking 520 m high Bolzeberg and the iron heads up to 498 m high to the north . North of these mountains the land flattens and the plateaus merge into the Breidenbacher Grund , in which the second river flowing into Mornshausen, the Fortbach coming from Silberg (source stream " Schwindelbach ") and Hommertshausen , has its sources.
Lower course
A little further north, the course of the Dautphe turns from north to northeast. The Lautzebach, which comes from the foothills of the Schwarzenberg , flows from the left, after immediately framing the Dautphe community center to the southwest.
Once in peace village of the northern slope of the 465 m high from the right Eichelhardt coming Belzerbach is gemündet that Dautphe flows north of the place from the right in the Lahn.
Catchment area
The 41.84 km² catchment area of the Dautphe lies in the Gladenbacher Bergland and is drained via the Lahn and the Rhine to the North Sea.
It borders
- in the northeast to that of the two small Lahn tributaries Wolsbach and Stegebach
- in the east to that of the Ohe , a tributary of the Allna
- in the southeast to that of the Allna tributaries Irrbach and Lanzenbach
- in the south to that of the Allna tributary Langenbach and that of the Allna itself, which flows into the Lahn, as well as that of the Lichthardt trench , a tributary of the Römershäuser Bach , which drains over the salt flats into the Lahn
- in the southwest to that of the Hausebach , a tributary of the Perf
- in the west of the Perf itself, which flows into the Lahn
- and in the north to that of the Lahn tributary Martinsbach .
Tributaries
The following tributaries flow into the Dautphe:
| Surname |
Inflow side |
Length [km] |
Catchment area [km²] |
Mouth height [m. ü. NN] |
estuarine place |
Source natural space |
DGKZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weinbach | Left | 1.5 | 330 | Holzhausen | Bottenhorn plateaus | 25816-14 | |
| Great soaps | Left | 0.8 | 302 | At the mill | Bottenhorn plateaus | 25816-312 | |
| Ribach ( Folkerbach ) | right | 2.2 | 302 | At the mill | Bottenhorn plateaus | 25816-314 | |
| Kornbach | Left | 1.5 | 300 | Bottenhorn plateaus | 25816-316 | ||
| Herzhäuserbach ( Weinbach ) | right | 2.6 | 298 | Damshausen hilltops | 25816-318 | ||
| Kaltenbach ( Kellerbach ) | right | 3.4 | 5.216 | 279 | Amelose | Damshausen hilltops | 25816-4 |
| Bolzebach | Left | 4.4 | 5.21 | 267 | Mornshausen | Bottenhorn plateaus | 25816-6 |
| Fortbach | Left | 4.8 | 270 | Mornshausen | Breidenbacher reason | 25816-72 | |
| Lautzebach | Left | 4.3 | 6.432 | 255 | south of Dautphes | Breidenbacher reason | 25816-8 |
| Winterbach | right | 1.0 | 255 | above Friedensdorf | Damshausen hilltops | 25816-92 | |
| Belzerbach | right | 1.8 | 250 | Peace Village | Damshausen hilltops | 25816-94 |
Key data
The Dautphe is a flowing water III. Order. From the height of the source area (493 m) to the confluence with the Lahn (245 m), it leaves a path of 8.8 km and a difference in altitude of 248 m behind. This corresponds to an average gradient of 2.8%.
With a catchment area of around 42 km², the Dautphe has a discharge (MQ) of over 530 l / s and thus carries almost as much water as the Allna (665 l / s), which is adjacent to the source but drains to the southeast has a catchment area more than twice as large (92 km²).
In still closer to the Dautphequelle than those of the Allna of lies Perf -Nebenflusses home stream .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25000
- ↑ a b c d Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
Web links
- Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology: Retention cadastre, Dautphe river area - River area code number: 25816 (PDF; 1.86 MB) ( Notes )
- Profile Dautphe ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )