Elbbach (Lahn)

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Elbbach
The Elbbach under the Stone Bridge in Hadamar

The Elbbach under the Stone Bridge in Hadamar

Data
Water code DE : 25876
location Westerwald

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Westerwald near Ailertchen
50 ° 36 ′ 27 ″  N , 7 ° 55 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height approx.  478  m above sea level NHN
muzzle between Limburg an der Lahn and Staffel in the Lahn coordinates: 50 ° 23 '51 "  N , 8 ° 2' 58"  E 50 ° 23 '51 "  N , 8 ° 2' 58"  E
Mouth height 111  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 367 m
Bottom slope approx. 9 ‰
length 40.7 km
Catchment area 323.67 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 323.67 km²
at the mouth 		MNQ
MQ
Mq
 		415 l / s
3.997 m³ / s
12.3 l / (s km²)
St. Wendelin Bridge near Niederhadamar, seen downstream from Offheim (district road 478 between the two villages)

St. Wendelin Bridge near Niederhadamar , seen downstream from Offheim ( district road  478 between the two villages)

Mouth of the Elbbach (center) into the Lahn (foreground) in Staffel, a district of Limburg an der Lahn

Mouth of the Elbbach (center) into the Lahn (foreground) in Staffel, a district of Limburg an der Lahn

The Elbbach is an almost 40.7 km long, northern and orographically right tributary of the Lahn in Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse .

Surname

The name Elbe or Elb can possibly be traced back to elfr , the Old Norse word for the term "river". The Celtic Albis and the Germanic Albia are the linguistic developments that ultimately lead to the name Elb (e). Others, however, derive the name Elbe from Indo-European * albhos for “white” or “river”. (Compare Elbe )

The local community of Elbingen is named after the Elbbach that flows by there, as is the community of Elbtal .

geography

course

The Elbbach rises in the Rhineland-Palatinate part of the Westerwald , a few kilometers northwest of Westerburg from several streams north of Ailertchen . From there it flows south to Kaden , east past Guckheim , through Willmenrod and then to Langendernbach in Hesse. Moving south from now on, the Elbbach reaches Hadamar in order to pass under the 12th century St. Wendelin Bridge near Niederhadamar , probably the oldest stone bridge in Hesse. Then it flows further south at Staffel, a district of Limburg an der Lahn , with an average water flow of around 4 m³ / s, in the Rhine tributary Lahn .

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Elbe stream is 323.67 km². Its tributaries include with orographic allocation (l = left-hand side, r = right-hand side) and water length (viewed downstream) :

  • Or stream ( value Bach ) (l, 3,0 km)
  • Salzbach (r; 9.3 km)
  • Kumpgraben (l; 0.6 km)
  • Lohbach (r; 4.4 km)
  • Holzbach (l; 6.1 km)
  • Faulbach (l; 3.3 km)
  • Weiersbach (r; 3.2 km)
  • Dorfbach ( Tränkbach ) (r; 2.5 km)
  • Ahlbach ( Bach vom Urselthaler Hof ) (l; 3.8 km)
  • Offheimer Bach (l; 1.3 km)
  • Erbach (r; 11.8 km)
  • Wambach ( Dillbach ) (r; 3.9 km)

Elbbach river system

nature

In the Hessian part of its course, the Elbbach was placed under protection by the nature reserve "Elbbachtal" and an FFH area with the same name and congruence . The protected area follows the course of the brook for around ten kilometers from the state to the city limits of Hadamar and also includes the lower reaches of the Lasterbach. The border of the protected area is mostly close to the stream, which means that the protected area only covers 84 hectares (ha) despite its long stretch  . The official short description and justification of the FFH status is: "Near-natural flowing water with stream-accompanying alluvial forests, tall herbaceous meadows, wet and fresh meadows, reed beds and spring meadows. A valuable area from both a botanical and a faunistic point of view, habitat for numerous, rare and endangered species of animals and plants , Particular importance for flowing water species, locally important bird breeding area. "

In the further course, the nature reserve "Kalksteinbruch bei Hadamar" (9.8 ha) and the FFH area "Elbbachaue east of Elz" (49.1 ha) encompass short parts of the stream. The latter area consists of two parts of a wet meadow area, which is important mainly because of the occurrence of the dark and the light blue-of-the-blue ants.

Economic history

In 1832 Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch reported in his New Hydrographic Lexicon for the German States about the many mills that used the water power of the Elbe stream. In addition to numerous grain mills along the course of the stream, he also drove an ironworks in Berzhahn and an oil mill in Niederhadamar . Hardly anything remained of this economic importance of the stream. Today, individual hydropower plants are running again on the Elbbach, including at Oberzeuzheim and Hadamar. In Niederzeuzheim , the brook supplies a large fish farm with water.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ^ Table of cadastre of existing retention areas Land Hessen - Elbbach
  3. ↑ a b c d GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  4. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  5. ↑ Hellmuth Gensicke, Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes, Wiesbaden 1958, 2nd supplement reprint 1987, page 19
  6. ↑ In the footsteps of Pytheas von Massalia , Master's thesis, Oliver H. Herde, from it the place name register
  7. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch: New hydrographic lexicon for the German states, Berlin 1832, p. 97

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