Ferbach (Bach)

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Ferbach
The Ferbach in the forest in front of Schoenstatt

The Ferbach in the forest in front of Schoenstatt

Data
Water code DE : 2711444
location Westerwald

Middle Rhine area

Rhineland-Palatinate

River system Rhine
Drain over Hillscheider Bach  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Höhr, district of Höhr-Grenzhausen
50 ° 25 ′ 58 ″  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 17 ″  E
Source height approx.  240  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Vallendar in the district of Schoenstatt in the Hillscheider Bach Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 11 ″  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 31 ″  E 50 ° 24 ′ 11 ″  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 31 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  90  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 150 m
Bottom slope approx. 26 ‰
length 5.8 km
Catchment area 8.662 km²

The Ferbach is a right tributary of the Hillscheider Bach near Schoenstatt , a district of the city of Vallendar . It flows through the Westerwaldkreis and the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

geography

course

The Ferbach rises at a height of about 240  m above sea level. NHN in the center of the Höhr district in Höhr-Grenzhausen .

From here it flows to the west and at the end of the village goes under Landesstraße 308.Behind the sewage treatment plant on Kirchgrund, the Aubach flows in from the right and coming from Grenzhausen , then the brook turns to the southwest, passes the small fort Ferbach on the right and enters the urban area of Vallendar a.

Here it runs west and parallel to Landesstraße 308 to the Schönstatt district of Vallendar , where it flows as a right tributary into the Hillscheider Bach .

The 5.80 km long course of the Ferbach ends about 150 meters below its source, so it has an average bed gradient of about 26 ‰.

Catchment area

The 8.662 km² catchment area of ​​the Ferbach lies in the Niederwesterwald and Middle Rhine Basin natural areas . It is drained through it via the Hillscheider Bach and the Rhine to the North Sea.

The catchment area borders

  • in the north and northeast to the catchment area of ​​the Brexbach , which drains into the Rhine via the Sayn
  • in the southeast to that of the Feisternachtbach
  • and in the west to that of the Meerbach tributary to the Rhine .

A large area of ​​the catchment area is forested.

Tributaries

  • Aubach ( right ), 1.5 km
  • Krautseifen ( left ), 0.7 km

Web links

Commons : Ferbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b topographic-map.com
  2. ↑ a b Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority