Gierbach

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Gierbach
Data
Water code DE : 248118
location East Hessian mountainous region

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Nidda  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Vogelsberg , north of Schotten -Götzen
50 ° 32 '19 "  N , 9 ° 9' 20"  O
Source height 535  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at Schotten- Rainrod in the Nidda coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 22 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 49 ″  E 50 ° 28 ′ 22 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 49 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  187  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 348 m
Bottom slope approx. 33 ‰
length 10.4 km
Catchment area 12.714 km²
Drain
at the mouth
MNQ
MQ
43.4 l / s
216.8 l / s

The Gierbach is an almost 10.5 km long right and northeastern tributary of the Nidda .

geography

course

The Gierbach rises in the Vogelsberg , north of Schotten -Götzen. It flows into the Nidda at Schotten- Rainrod.

Tributaries

  • Stückbach ( right ), 3.1 km

Nidda river system

places

The Gierbach flows through the following villages:

Individual evidence

  1. a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )