Eichelbach (Nidda)

	Eichelbach
	The Eichelbach in Eichelsdorf
	Data
Water code	DE : 24812
location	East Hessian mountainous region High Vogelsberg Oberwald; Western High Vogelsberg; ; Lower Vogelsberg Western Lower Vogelsberg; ; Germany Hesse Giessen administrative district Vogelsbergkreis; ; Darmstadt administrative district Wetteraukreis ; ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Nidda → Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	in the Vogelsberg north of the Hoherodskopf and east of Schotten- Breungeshain
Source height	approx. 700 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	near Nidda- Eichelsdorf in the Nidda coordinates: 50 ° 27 '18 " N , 9 ° 3' 18" E 50 ° 27 '18 " N , 9 ° 3' 18" E;
Mouth height	165 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 535 m
Bottom slope	approx. 29 ‰
length	18.2 km
Catchment area	37.619 km²

The Eichelsbach is a good 18 km long stream from the Vogelsberg , in Nidda -Eichelsdorf from the left and east into the Nidda flows.

geography

course

The Eichelbach rises on the west side of the central Vogelsberg, about 600 meters north of the Hoherodskopf and about 800 meters west of its highest elevation Taufstein ( 773 m ). The source is located near the lower edge of the forest in a meadow lined with bushes between the youth hostel and a fork in the road about 1.8 km north-east of Schotten - Breungeshain . From here the stream soon flows to the southwest, accompanied by wood, crosses Breungeshain and then passes Schotten- Busenborn on the right slope. It crosses the following valley towns of Eschenrod , Wingershausen and Eichelsachsen again, they too belong to Scots. Then it flows westward through a waldenge towards Nidda - Eichelsdorf , in which it flows from the left and east into the Nidda , whose source is less than two kilometers north-northeast of his.

Catchment area

The Eichelbach flows in an open valley up to 3.5 km wide, which is traversed by numerous hedges and whose ridge is always wooded on the left and mostly on the right. Its catchment area borders from the estuary in the far west along the northwestern watershed to the north on that of the Nidda. To the east of the Vogelsberg summit near the Eichelbach spring, the Altfell runs via Schlitz and Fulda to the Weser , here the Eichelbach watershed is also the main watershed of the Rhine to the Weser. On the southeast side, the Nidder , which runs far below the Nidda, competes , mostly via its right tributary Hillersbach . On the lower reaches of the west, smaller tributaries run beyond the left watershed to the downstream Nidda.

Tributaries

Eckardsbach ( Waidbach ) ( left ), 6.5 km
Schandwiesenbach ( left ), 3.5 km

Nidda river system

List of rivers in the Nidda river system

Places in the valley

with their territories. Only the locations with the lowest nesting level are on the run.

Vogelsbergkreis
- City of Scots
  - Breungeshain
  - Busenborn (right slope)
  - Ash rod
  - Wingershausen
  - Acorn saxons
Wetteraukreis
- City of Nidda
  - Eichelsdorf (estuary)

character

Water quality

The water quality of the Eichelbach is classified as good. In the summer of 2015, Indian balsam was cleared of the stream bed in Eichelsdorf .

Flood retention basin

In the years 2009 to 2011, a flood retention basin was built by the Nidda water association on the Eichelbach less than half a kilometer upstream from the outskirts of Eichelsdorf ( 50 ° 27 '3 " N , 9 ° 3' 54" E ) . It has a maximum storage volume of 390,000 m³ and a max. Reservoir area of 11.6 ha and serves as flood protection for Eichelsdorf and the villages below on the Nidda. From a statistical point of view, hundred-year floods should be reduced to less than ten years, five-year and lower ones are allowed to pass completely. 50.450780555556 9.0650305555556

fauna

In the Eichelbach there are brown trout , Mühlkoppen , brook loaches and brook lamprey .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

↑ Hydrological Yearbook: Eichelsachsen level

↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

↑ Bio-quality card from November 24, 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.0 MB)@1@ 2

↑ Stream bed freed from balsam , Kreis-Anzeiger, Tuesday, August 4, 2015, p. 17

↑ Eichelsdorf flood retention basin

^ Nidda water association: Eichelbach

^ Angelsportverein Nidda and surroundings: Eichelbach

Web links

Commons : Eichelbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[hmulv-1] Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

[2] Hydrological Yearbook: Eichelsachsen level

[DE-HE_WRRL-3] Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

Eichelbach
The Eichelbach in Eichelsdorf
Data
Water code	DE : 24812
location	East Hessian mountainous region High Vogelsberg Oberwald Western High Vogelsberg Lower Vogelsberg Western Lower Vogelsberg Germany Hesse Giessen administrative district Vogelsbergkreis Darmstadt administrative district Wetteraukreis
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Nidda → Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	in the Vogelsberg north of the Hoherodskopf and east of Schotten- Breungeshain
Source height	approx. 700 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	near Nidda- Eichelsdorf in the Nidda coordinates: 50 ° 27 '18 " N , 9 ° 3' 18" E 50 ° 27 '18 " N , 9 ° 3' 18" E50.4549 9,055 165 50.4549 9,055 165
Mouth height	165 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 535 m
Bottom slope	approx. 29 ‰
length	18.2 km
Catchment area	37.619 km²
Discharge at the Eichelsachsen gauge (62.7% of the catchment area) A _Eo : 23.6 km²	MQ Mq	363 l / s 15.4 l / (s km²)
Discharge A _Eo : 37.619 km² at the mouth	MQ Mq	395.5 l / s 10.5 l / (s km²)