Dornbach (Wiesbach)

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Dornbach
Data
location Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Wiesbach  → Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source South of Nack
49 ° 44 ′ 9 ″  N , 7 ° 59 ′ 57 ″  E
Source height approx.  298  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at Nieder-Wiesen coordinates: 49 ° 43 ′ 55 "  N , 7 ° 58 ′ 43"  E 49 ° 43 ′ 55 "  N , 7 ° 58 ′ 43"  E
Mouth height approx.  210  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 88 m
Bottom slope approx. 56 ‰
length 1.6 km

The Dornbach bei Nack is a 1.56 kilometer long brook that rises in the municipality of Nack in the Rheinhessen Tafel- und Hügelland ( Rheinhessen , Rhineland-Palatinate ) and flows into the Wiesbach in the neighboring municipality of Nieder-Wiesen . The body of water is assigned to the third order , which belongs to the Alzey-Worms district .

Geography and course

The Dornbach rises at an altitude of 298  m above sea level. NHN , on the Maßholder , more precisely on the parcel in the Maßholder , south of the municipality of Nack, in the immediate vicinity of the municipality border to Bechenheim . It flows through the large natural region of the Upper Rhine Plain (No. 20-23) and belongs to the main unit of the Rheinhessisches Tafel- und Hügelland (227) and the Alzeyer Hügelland (227.4) with the natural area Bolander Randhöhen (227.41). From the Maßholder , the stream first crosses the municipal boundary to Nieder-Wiesen, before flowing through the corridors Dornberg and Am Wingertsberg . The brook flows from the Wingertsberg into the town center, where it first brushes the street Auf der Gibb and then crosses under the Wendelsheimer Straße . The Dornbach finally flows out at a height of 210  m above sea level. NHN , between Wendelsheimer Strasse and Wilhelm-Grauer-Strasse , as a right tributary into the Wiesbach .

The confluence occurs in the natural spatial main unit group of the Saar-Nahe-Bergland (No. 19) in the main unit North Palatinate Bergland (193) and the subunit Glan-Alsenz-Heights (193.12-16), in the natural area of ​​the Wiesener Randhöhen (193.15). It has a height difference of approx. 88 m, which leads to a bottom slope of approx. 56 ‰. The Wiesbachhorn itself flows near Gensingen in the Middle , which in turn in Bingen in the Rhine and this ultimately in the Netherlands in the North Sea .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ↑ GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )