Ehrbach (Hunsrück)
| Ehrbach | ||
 Waterfall in the gorge |
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| Water code | DE : 26992 | |
| location | Hunsrück , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Moselle → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | In the district of Boppard | |
| muzzle | In Brodenbach in the Moselle Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 36 " N , 7 ° 26 ′ 40" E 50 ° 13 ′ 36 " N , 7 ° 26 ′ 40" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 84 m above sea level NHN
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| length | 18.5 km | |
| Catchment area | 59.036 km² | |
| Communities | Brodenbach | |
The Ehrbach is an approximately 20 km long right tributary of the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate . Colloquially it is occasionally equated with the Ehrbachklamm , which, however, is only a 1.5 kilometer long section of the middle course.
geography
The channels of the headwaters furthest away from the Ehrbach estuary arise at a height of around 500 meters from the Hunsrück spring troughs in the municipality of Halsenbach ( Ehrerheide district ) and below the Lanzhöhe (492 m) near the municipality of Dörth . The Ehrbachtal shows itself as a lonely, mostly narrow and deeply cut into the undulating plateau of the Hunsrück, typical low mountain range with a natural character. It is only accessible to motor vehicles in the lower reaches and to a few mills.
In the narrowest section, the valley is gorge-like , although not gorge- like in the general sense of the word. The name " Ehrbachklamm " is explained by the regional use of the term Klamm or Klemm for a gorge. Here, on compact, traversing greywacke and slate banks, many steps have been created, one of which can be described as a waterfall . The neighboring rivers Baybach and Brodenbach also have such gorge sections in the middle reaches.
The lower course is also steep, but the wider valley floor here gives space for meadows and a road. In the south-west facing slopes, bushy and wooded terraces are reminiscent of the viticulture that was practiced here until the middle of the 20th century. The lower Ehrbachtal is only bordered by the few houses in Ehrenburgertal , a district of Brodenbach where the Ehrbach flows into the Moselle.
Surname
In the local, Moselle-Franconian dialect, the stream is called the "Ihr ". As is usually the case in German-speaking countries, the female river name may have Celtic roots. Etymologically , the Middle High German êre for the maple can also be used for the morpheme Ehr or Ehren , but this seems unsatisfactory given the frequency of place names with Ehr in German-speaking countries, the distribution of the maple species and the relatively low esteem for this type of wood.
The ending -bach was missing until the 19th century . In documents from the Middle Ages, it is the Eere above which the Eereberch (mountain with the Ehrenburg) rises. Around 1600 a map by Arnold Mercator of the Diocese of Trier says the Eer flu. ( Latin : fluvius = river). Ihrbach is his name in 1811 in the first geometrically created map from the time of Napoleon , which was later adopted by Prussian surveyors ( Tranchot / Müffling , sheet 160 Hatzenport). In 1847 the stream was then called Ehrenbach in the Prussian first recording (sheet 5710 Münstermaifeld). Its current form Ehrbach appears for the first time in the Prussian land survey of 1902.
Tributaries
In the Ehrbach headwaters west of the watershed between the Lower Moselle and the Middle Rhine, the A 61 rises between the Boppard-Buchholz and Emmelshausen junctions , alongside smaller channels, from north to south Kobelsbach, Holzbach and Neyer Bach. The name Ehrbach appears in the topographical maps only after these brooks have merged below the Schönecker Mühle . The Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Office, on the other hand, already qualifies the source channel furthest from the mouth, initially feeding the Neyer Bach, as part of the Ehrbach main line. Other tributaries are:
- Liesenfelder Bach - 5 km long, left tributary, rises at 448 m above sea level. NHN and flows into the
- Preisbach - 4.6 km long, left tributary at 208 m above sea level. NHN
- Mühlchesbach - 3.8 km long, left tributary at 153 m above sea level. NHN
- Kröpplinger Bach - 2.3 km long, right tributary at 123 m above sea level. NHN
- Kehrgraben - 1.7 km long, left tributary at 93 m above sea level. NHN
Flora and fauna
Upper and lower reaches flow through extensively used valley meadows. Willows and alders are mainly found on the bank , which are hardly used economically today. In the middle area, especially in the narrow Ehrbachklamm, slopes wooded with oak and hornbeam rise directly from the brook. The extensive occurrence of deer-tongue fern is remarkable here . Gray herons and mallards are common water birds in the Bachtal.
Attractions
In addition to the rock formations of the gorge, which are only accessible via paths and are described as wildly romantic, three castle complexes from the Middle Ages are noteworthy:
- Ruin of Schöneck Castle , probably built at the end of the 12th century, with residential buildings from the 19th century (only to be visited on certain occasions)
- Ruin Ruin Rauschenberg , built in the 14th century by the Bishop of Trier to enforce his claim to power over the local nobility and since the end of the 15th century without military significance
- Ehrenburg ruins , an important example of late medieval fortress architecture under monument protection (private property, visits and events possible all year round)
- The Ehrenburgertal district of Brodenbach on the lower course of the stream with restored half-timbered houses, restored apple press from the 18th century, baroque chapel and old Jewish cemetery (last burial in 1938).
Rock step in the gorge (photo on old postcard)
Watercolor drawing of Schöneck Palace, mid-19th century, at that time royal Prussian forestry (official stamp on the reverse)
Schöneck Castle, view from the height near Windhausen (postcard photo around 1930)
Old Jewish cemetery 2015 at Ehrbach in the Brodenbach district of Ehrenburgertal
Hydropower
The hydropower of the Ehrbach drove some water mills in the area under the control of the three Ehrbachtal castles in the Middle Ages. Because of the many structural changes, foundation masonry from the 13th to 15th centuries is likely to have been preserved for some mills. Following the course of the stream, they are:
- Hierer Mühle, local community Ney (Verbandsgemeinde Emmelshausen)
- Schönecker Mühle, OG Ney (VG Emmelshausen)
- Baunhöller Mühle, on the Liesenfelder Bach, OG Gondershausen (VG Emmelshausen)
- Daubisberger Mühle, OG Oppenhausen (City of Boppard)
- Rauschenmühle, OG Oppenhausen (City of Boppard)
- Eckmühle, OG Beulich, (VG Emmelshausen)
- Brandengrabenmühle, OG Brodenbach (Verbandsgemeinde Untermosel)
- Linkemühle, OG Brodenbach (VG Untermosel)
- Vogelsang Mill, formerly also Halfers Mühle , OG Brodenbach (VG Untermosel)
- Gilbertsmühle, formerly also Mauers Mühle , OG Brodenbach (VG Untermosel)
tourism
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There is a dense network of hiking trails throughout the Ehrbachtal and its side valleys. Several well-signposted entrances lead from the height of the Hunsrückhöhenstraße (B 327) along the streams to the gorge. Cultivated mills offer refreshment opportunities. The two kilometer long gorge between Rauschenmühle and Eckmühle is passable on foot - not for bicycles. There are access to the gorge up the valley from Ehrenburgertal for a few kilometers and from above via the L206 and Mermuth to the Daubisberger Mühle. In April 2015 the gorge was connected to the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig long-distance hiking trail . Following certification by the German Hiking Institute, the Traumschleife Ehrbachklamm circular hiking trail leading through the gorge was the second highest rated hiking trail with 93 adventure points after the Felsenweg in Losheim, which has 95 points, among around 400 others. As of the end of 2017, the Ehrbachklamm dream loop reached 96 “adventure points” and is therefore tied with the Luftiger Grat alpine hiking trail in the Allgäu .
See also
Web links
- Ehrenburg in Ehrbachtal
- Pictures from the Ehrbachklamm
- Rauschenmühle in Ehrbachtal
- Ehrbachklamm dream loop
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saar-Hunsrück-Steig website , accessed on November 21, 2014.
- ^ Article in the Rhein-Zeitung, accessed on July 21, 2015
- ↑ Wolfgang Wendling: Excellent: The Ehrbachklamm is right at the top of the hiking olympic. In: Rhein-Zeitung. December 27, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .