Gelängebach

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Gelängebach
Data
Water code DE : 42842
location near Medebach ; Hochsauerlandkreis ,
North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany )
River system Weser
Drain over Orke  → Eder  → Fulda  → Weser  → North Sea
source in Rothaargebirge on Geitenberg
near Medebach -Hallacker
51 ° 12 '35 "  N , 8 ° 38' 7"  O
Source height approx.  550  m above sea level NHN
muzzle near the Medebacher Ober- and Mittelmühle in the Orke Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 18 ″  E 51 ° 10 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 18 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  349  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 201 m
Bottom slope approx. 28 ‰
length 7.2 km
Catchment area 14.854 km²
Right tributaries Eckeringhauser Siepen
Small towns Medebach

The Gelängebach is a 7.2 km long, north-westerly and orographically left tributary of the Orke in the urban area of Medebach in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis ( Germany ).

course

The Gelängebach rises in the northeast of the Rothaargebirge . Its source is in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature park around 600 m south of the Medebach hamlet of Hallacker (around  540  m ) on Landesstrasse  740 ( Küstelberger Strasse ; Küstelberg –Medebach ) and around 2.2 km (as the crow flies ) northwest of the nearby Medebacher The former Augustinian convent Glindfeld in Glindfeld (approx.  425  m ) is located in the heart of the town . It is located on the eastern flank of the wooded Geitenberg ( 630.2  m ), a north-eastern side knoll of the Reetsberg ( 792.2  m ), at around 550  m above sea level. NHN ; directly to the west of it, a 552.6  m high forest path point is marked on topographic maps .

Initially, the Gelängebach , which runs entirely in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park and mainly south-eastwards, runs in a wooded area past the northern Engelmannskopf ( 501.2  m ) and the north-eastern Hesseberg ( 596.2  m ) and feeds the swan pond . Shortly afterwards it passes the former Augustinian convent Glindfeld , from now on flowing mainly in agricultural areas, where the Glindfeld Forestry Office was located until 1995 . After passing the Kahler ( 491.5  m ), on which the Kahlenkapelle stands, the Eckeringhauser Siepen joins the Eckeringhauser Siepen when coming from the east towards the Dageler farm . The stream then passes the Gelängeberg ( 434.2  m ) to the east .

A little further southeast of the Gelängebach opens shortly after crossing under the main road  617 (Medebach- Medelon ) below the upper and middle mill near the Orke-km 20.75 to approximately 349  m altitude in the coming there about from southwest Eder influx Orke .

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Gelänbach is 14.854 km². Its longest tributary is the 5.4 km long Eckeringhauser Siepen , which flows in near the Gelängebach-kilometer 2.6 and whose catchment area is 4.486 km².

Natural allocation

The Gelängebach runs in the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (number 33), in the main unit Ostsauerland Gebirgsrand (332) and in the subunits Grafschafter Bergland (332.5) and Medebacher Bucht (332.4) through the natural areas Hardt and Wipperberg (332.51; upper area) and inclined plane von Medebach (332.40; middle and lower reaches).

Protected areas

The source and the upper reaches of the Gelänbach stream are located in the nature reserve Waldreservat Glindfeld (LP Medebach) ( CDDA no. 319281; designated 2002; 21.53 km² in size) and below the former Augustinian monastery Glindfeld the flowing water runs through the NSG Gelängebachtal (CDDA no. 318433; 2008; 96 ha), where the NSG Gelängeberg (CDDA no. 318434; 2002; 52 ha) is located directly northeast of the brook . Landscape protection areas on the brook are the LSG Medebach (CDDA no. 345073; 1983; 44.68 km²), the LSG Glindfeld forest clearing (CDDA no. 345163; 1983; 36 ha), LSG Medebach core area: spring hollows , lowland areas and flat slopes (CDDA No. 345074; 2004; 8.92 km²) and LSG cultural landscape complex Medelon (CDDA no. 345054; 1983; 82 ha). The brook flows in the European bird sanctuary Medebacher Bucht (VSG no. 4717-401; 138.72 km²) and mostly in the fauna-flora-habitat area Glindfeld-Orketal forest reserve (with side valleys) (FFH no. 4817-304; 29 , 97 km²).

Traffic and walking

While the state road  740 ( Küstelberger Straße ; Küstelberg –Medebach) leads through the Medebach hamlet of Hallacker near the source and only forest, field and roadways run along the Gelänbach , the flowing water passes under the district road  56 (Medebach / Am Krämershagen– Medelon at the former Augustinian convent Glindfeld) ) and above its confluence with the Orke the L 617 (Medebach – Medelon).

The 11.2 km nature trail Gelängebachtal nature trail leads along a section of the stream near Medebach and around the Gelängeberg , on which you can learn interesting facts about nature at 16 stations with display boards .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
  2. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  3. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  4. ↑ Info u. a. to the Gelängebachtal nature trail on medebach-touristik.de