Fallbach (Kinzig)

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Fallbach
The Fallbach in front of Hanau

The Fallbach in front of Hanau

Data
Water code DE : 24788
location Rhine-Main lowlands

Rhine-Main lowlands

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Kinzig  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Ronneburg hill country , east of Büdingen - Vonhausen
50 ° 15 ′ 46 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 38 ″  E
Source height approx.  200  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Hanau in the Kinzig coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 30 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 56 ″  E 50 ° 8 ′ 30 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 56 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  105  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 95 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.9 ‰
length 24.2 km
Catchment area 126.709 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 126.71 km²
at the mouth 		MNQ
MQ
Mq
 		134.2 l / s
559.2 l / s
4.4 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Krebsbach
The Fallbach flows into the Kinzig in Hanau

The Fallbach flows into the Kinzig in Hanau

The Fallbach is a good twenty-four kilometers long right-hand and northeastern tributary of the Kinzig in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse . In regional usage, the stream is often preceded by a feminine article, so it is called " the Fallbach".

geography

course

The Fallbach rises at the foot of the southwest Büdinger Forest , east of Büdingen - Vonhausen , directly on the federal highway 457 . It flows through the Ronneburg hill country below the eponymous castle . At Erlensee -Langendiebach, part of its water is temporarily supplied to the Kinzig near Rückingen via the Landwehrbach . On the northern outskirts of Hanau, the Fallbach flows into the Krebsbach . The Fallbach flows through Hanau in a southerly direction and finally flows into the Kinzig .

Catchment area

The 126.71 km² catchment area of ​​the Fallbach lies in the Büdingen-Meerholzer hill country and in the Lower Maine Plain and is drained to the North Sea via the Kinzig, Main and Rhine rivers.

It borders

  • to the east of the Gründau , which flows into the Kinzig
  • in the southwest to that of the Braubach , which flows into the Main
  • in the west to that of the Braubach tributary Säulbach
  • in the northwest to which the Nidder that in the main inflow Nidda flows
  • in the north to that of the Nidder tributary Seemenbach

Tributaries and branches

  • Michelsgrundgraben [GKZ 24788132] ( right ), 0.9 km
  • Kuhbodengraben ( left ), 1.1 km
  • Sauweidegraben [GKZ 24788134] ( right ), 1.5 km
  • Schloßwiesengraben [GKZ 24788136] ( left ), 0.7 km
The Krebsbach
  • Taubersbach ( right ), 1.3 km
  • Weiersgraben ( right ), 0.4 km
  • Bohnebach [GKZ 247881714] ( right ), 1.0 km
  • Eckenbach ( right ), 0.8 km
  • Rübschichbach ( right ), 2.0 km
  • Landwehr-Bach ( left fork ), 2.5 km
  • Krebsbach ( right ), 25.0 km

Kinzig river system

Localities

The Fallbach flows through the following villages:

Dates and character

The Fallbach is a silicate mountain stream rich in fine material. Its above-ground catchment area covers an area of ​​126.7 km². The upper and middle reaches have a slightly agitated relief and are determined by fields, meadows and pastures. In the lower reaches it flows through an urban agglomeration with relatively flat surfaces. Its mean discharge (MQ) is 559.2 l / s.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map and legend of the natural areas of Hesse (online copy of Die Naturraum Hessens , Otto Klausing 1988) in the Hessen Environmental Atlas of the Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology
  2. ↑ a b Google Earth
  3. ↑ a b c d Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  4. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Designation according to the property map
  6. ↑ a b c In-house measurement on the Hesse Geoportal
  7. ↑ Designation after the Bohnebach corridor on the property map
  8. ↑ flows into the Kinzig

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