Enkenbach (Speyerbach)

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Enkenbach
Data
Water code DE : 237814
location Palatinate Forest
Middle Palatinate Forest
Frankenweide

Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate
Bad Dürkheim district
River system Rhine
Drain over Speyerbach  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Palatinate Forest on the southeast slope of the Riesenberg
49 ° 22 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 51 ′ 30 ″  E
Source height 468  m above sea level NHN
muzzle east-northeast of Elmstein - Speyerbrunn Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '5 "  N , 7 ° 52' 38"  E 49 ° 21 '5 "  N , 7 ° 52' 38"  E
Mouth height 284  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 184 m
Bottom slope 71 ‰
length 2.6 km
Catchment area 2.549 km²

The Enkenbach is a two and a half kilometers long stream in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bad Dürkheim , which flows into the Speyerbach from the left and northwest .

course

The Enkenbach rises in the Palatinate Forest in a mixed forest on the southeast slope of the Riesenberg ( 517.4  m above sea  level ) at an altitude of 468  m above sea level. NHN . It initially flows about half a kilometer on the western slope of the Mückenberg ( 515.6  m above sea level ) through a narrow and wooded valley in a southerly direction, then changes to the south-southeast, flows around a good kilometer downstream in a gentle curve around the Hofberg ( 397.6  m above sea level ), crosses under the state road 499 leading from the Elmsteiner district Schwarzbach to Elmstein and finally flows a good half a kilometer east-northeast of the Elmsteiner district Speyerbrunn at an altitude of 284  m above sea level. NHN from the left into the Speyerbach coming from the southwest .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Source and mouth height queried on: Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. a b Length and catchment area queried on: GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )