Dietzhölze

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Dietzhölze
Dietzhölze in Eibelshausen, looking upstream

Dietzhölze in Eibelshausen , looking upstream

Data
Water code DE : 25844
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Dill  → Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Rothaargebirge on the Haincher Höhe , at the Nordhöll
50 ° 52 ′ 2 ″  N , 8 ° 15 ′ 33 ″  E
Source height 590  m above sea level NHN
muzzle In Dillenburg in the Dill coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 34 "  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 34"  E 50 ° 44 ′ 34 "  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 34"  E
Mouth height approx.  230  m
Height difference approx. 360 m
Bottom slope approx. 15 ‰
length 23.7 km
Catchment area 88.44 km²
Discharge
(extrapolated)
A Eo : 88.44 km²
at the mouth 		MQ
Mq
 		1.431 m³ / s
16.2 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Mandelbach , Simmersbach
Small towns Dillenburg

The Dietzhölze is a northern and orographic left and with a 23.7 km stretch of flow the longest tributary of the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district in western Central Hesse .

geography

course

Sign: 590 m above sea level NN  - headwaters of the Dietzhölze (2015)
Upper Dietzhölze-Weiher (June 2015)

The Dietzhölze rises in the southwest of the Rothaargebirge on the northwest slope of 641.1  m above sea level. NHN high Nordhöll , which belongs to the northeastern outlet of the Haincher Höhe . Its source is located in a small headwaters at around 590  m above sea level.

Initially, the Dietzhölze flows around the Nordhöll in a clockwise direction in a roughly horseshoe shape. The Obere Dietzhölze-Weiher , at the forester's house Dietzhölze , and the Lower Dietzhölze-Weiher 1.9 kilometers below it are fed. According to this, the Langenbach joins from the west near Landesstrasse  1571, northwest above the Dietzhölztal district of Rittershausen . From there the Dietzhölze flows to Ewersbach , the seat of the Dietzhölztal municipal administration, to the southeast; The Ebersbach flows into the village from the southeast. From now on it runs a little along the L 3044.

After passing Ewersbach, the Dietzhölze flows from the north to the Mandelbach coming from the Mandeln district , whereupon it runs south along the L 3043. It flows between the Steinbrücken district and its location in Ziegenberg .

Shortly afterwards, the Dietzhölze reaches the municipality of Eschenburg . In von Eibelshausen , the seat of the municipal administration, the Dombach flows in from the northwest and the Simmersbach coming from the Simmersbach district to the south of the village from about the same direction . Immediately after its confluence, the river crosses under the federal highway 253 , which was previously laid along the Simmersbach , in order to flow in a south-west direction along the road, touching the Eschenburg district of Wissenbach and the Dillenburg district of Frohnhausen .

Finally, the Dietzhölze reaches the northwest part of the core town of Dillenburg, where immediately after crossing under the B 277 it flows a few meters east of the junction of the B 253 and ultimately flowing in from the north into the Lahn tributary Dill, which comes from there from the west-northwest .

Natural allocation

Dietzhölze is of outstanding importance in terms of natural space. The Dietzhölzetal , which also contains the almonds and Simmersbach valleys, is an extension of the Dill valley (main unit 321) and occupies the greater part of the upper Dill valley (321.1). The main unit Dilltal as such represents the interface between the Rothaargebirge (main unit 333, north and northwest), the Gladenbacher Bergland (main unit 320, east) and the Westerwald (main units 322-324, southwest). While the Rothaargebirge is the center of gravity of the southern mountains ( Main unit group 33), Dilltal and Gladenbacher Bergland - as well as the "actual" Westerwald - are included in the main unit group Westerwald (32).

In the absolute upper reaches, after only 3 km to just below Rittershausen, the Dietzhölze rothaargebirge inside represents the border between Haincher Höhe (right or southwest) and Ederkopf-Lahnkopf-ridge (left). Immediately below the mentioned section, the river again represents the north - and the eastern border of the Struth ridge , which is bounded to the south by the Dill and to the west by its tributary Roßbach . The Struth (natural area 321.2) looks like an extension of the Haincher Höhe, but is part of the main unit of Dilltal and therefore part of the natural Westerwald.

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Dietzhölze is 88.44  km² and is drained to the North Sea via Dill, Lahn and Rhine .

Its tributaries include (viewed downstream):

Surname page Length
( km ) 		Source Muzzle Estuarine
location ( Location ) 		Muzzle
km 		EZG
( km² ) 		DGKZ
height (approx. m above sea  level )
Dietzbach Left 0.4 km 20.1 0km
Kietzenbach right 1.1 km 18.45 km 25844-194
Langenbach right 2.8 km 590 m 405 m Rittershausen (o) 18.25 km 04.6 km² 25844-2
Fischbach right 1.3 km 18.8 0km 25844-32
Burbach right 3.5 km 470 m 359 m Ewersbach (i) 15.6 0km 04.4 km² 25844-4
Ebersbach right 2.4 km 430 m 335 m Ewersbach (i) 13.85 km 25844-54
Mandelbach Left 3.7 km 440 m 325 m Stone bridges (b) 12.8 0km 11.6 km² 25844-6
Dombach Left 2 , 0km 420 m 305 m Eibelshausen (i) 10.55 km 25844-794
Hosbach right 1.1 km Eibelshausen (i) 09.7 0km 25844-796
Simmersbach Left 5.6 km 465 m 295 m Eibelshausen (u) 09.4 0km 11.3 km² 25844-8
Tahlenwasser right 3.5 km 445 m 280 m Frohnhausen (o) 04.9 0km 25844-9316
Hundsbach right 3.1 km 445 m 270 m Frohnhausen (b) 03.5 0km 25844-954
Abbreviations (position) :    b  = at, o  = above, i  = im and u  = below the point of the mouth

On the main flow issue

At the confluence with the Dill, the Dietzhölze is a little longer than its mother river, but has a significantly smaller catchment area (88 compared to 162 km²) and accordingly contributes less to the runoff (1400 compared to 2900 l / s). If, however, the right tributaries Haigerbach and Aubach coming from the Westerwald are subtracted from the Upper Dill to the mouth , the values ​​of the Dill are reduced to 79 km² catchment area and 1,300 l / s discharge. Thus, the Dietzhölze represents the second main river of the Dill system with at least equal rights in relation to the Rothaargebirge and Struth.

Lahn-Sieg and Lahn-Dill watersheds

Only 2 km north of the Dietzhölzequelle, the Lahn - Sieg and Lahn - Dill watersheds meet on the Jagdberg . Immediately to the north is the source of the Ilse , to the west that of the Lahn itself and to the east that of the Banfe - all draining to the upper Lahn. In the western neighborhood of the Dietzhölzequelle, however, the Geiersgrundbach rises, which drains through the Werthenbach to the Sieg.

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ↑ a b According to the referenced map service of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, the source of the Dietzhölze lies in the middle between the 580 and 600 m elevation lines, i.e. at around 590  m above sea level. NHN . This can be read on a sign there: 590 m above sea level  - source area of ​​the Dietzhölze ( i.e. NN ), on commons.wikimedia.org
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  4. ↑ Map and legend of the natural Westerwald in the Environmental Atlas of Hesse, on atlas.umwelt.hessen.de
  5. ↑ orifice layer (at / near) the tributaries according to the flowing water Kilometrierung the Dietzhölze
  6. ↑ For a better overview and sorting downstream, a hyphen has been inserted for each river in the river code number (DGKZ) after the number "25844", which stands for Dietzhölze .
  7. ↑ Designation derived from the field name Dietzbach , see property map at Hessenviewer (Geoportal Hessen) of the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation with property mapping ( notes )
  8. ↑ Self-measurement on the WFD Viewer
  9. ↑ Designation derived from the field names Kietzenbach , Obere Kitzenbach and Untere Kitzenbach , see property map at the Hessenviewer (Geoportal Hessen) of the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation with property mapping ( notes )
  10. ↑ Designation derived from the field name Fischbach , see property map
  11. ↑ Designation according to the property map