Grissenbach (victory)

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Grissenbach
Grissenbach in the town of the same name during floods in July 2014

Grissenbach in the town of the same name during floods in July 2014

Data
Water code DE : 272116
location District of Siegen-Wittgenstein , North Rhine-Westphalia , ( Germany )
River system victory
Drain over Victory  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Scherenschleifersborn, Rothaargebirge
50 ° 54 ′ 14 ″  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 35 ″  E
Source height approx.  467  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Grissenbach in the Sieg Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 6 ″  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 5 ″  E 50 ° 53 ′ 6 ″  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 5 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  333  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 134 m
Bottom slope approx. 50 ‰
length 2.7 km
Catchment area 2.204 km²

The Grissenbach is an approximately 2.7 kilometers long northern and orographically right-hand tributary of the Sieg in the district of Grissenbach , in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

course

Mouth of the Grissenbach in the Sieg coming from the right

The Grissenbach rises in the southwest of the Rothaargebirge at an altitude of 467  m above sea level. NHN the scissors grinder born . From there he turns his way down past several pastures until, coming from the left, at an altitude of 400 m, a first small tributary flows into it, which rises just below the Nenkersdorf sports field . After another 50 meters, another tributary follows on the right, which is fed by three sources that arise in the Brämchen parcel . A little further on, the approx. 380 meter long Hirschbach flows from the left .

After the Grissenbach has fed three ponds, its most water-rich tributary, the calf soap , flows from the right . This brook almost doubles the amount of water in the Grissenbach. After it has fed three more ponds, another small stream joins on the right-hand side, which has temporarily dried up in summer. The last tributary is the Buderbach , the shortest tributary of the Grissenbach at just 330 meters. Now the Grissenbach flows past the Backes West into the village of the same name and flows after a short time at an altitude of 333  m above sea level. NHN meters in an open meadow valley in the Sieg coming from the east .

Natural allocation

The Grissenbach flows in the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33) and in the main unit Siegerland (331) through the subunit Siegerländer Rothaar-Vorhöhen (331.2).

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Grissenbach is 2.204 km². It drains the area between the Sterndill ridge ( 470.1  m above sea  level ) and Auf den Plätze ( 509.4  m above sea  level ), which is also the highest mountain in the catchment area. Seen downstream, its tributaries include:

Surname page Length
( km ) 		Source Muzzle
height ( m above sea  level )
nameless? Left 0.37 455 400
nameless? right 0.34 433 398
Hirschbach Left 0.38 450 385
Calf soaps right 0.55 450 372
nameless? right 0.45 421 360
Buderbach right 0.33 384 355

Note: It also takes three more rivulets, but they are only a few meters long and only periodically carry water.

Web links

Commons : Grissenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c German basic map (DGK 5) in Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
  2. ↑ a b c Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  3. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )