Hältersbach

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Hältersbach
Data
Water code DE : 247617324
location Hessian-Franconian mountainous region

Rhine-Main lowlands

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Brensbach  → Gersprenz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Odenwald south of Brensbach - Mumme Roth
49 ° 47 '17 "  N , 8 ° 53' 35"  O
Source height approx.  239  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Brensbach in den Brensbach Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '33 "  N , 8 ° 53' 3"  E 49 ° 46 '33 "  N , 8 ° 53' 3"  E
Mouth height approx.  179  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 60 m
Bottom slope approx. 38 ‰
length 1.6 km

The Hältersbach is a right and northeastern tributary of the Brensbach a good one and a half kilometers long .

geography

course

The Hältersbach rises in the Odenwald at an altitude of about 239  m above sea level. NHN south of the Brensbacher hamlet Mummenroth .

On the northern edge of the back woods , he bends one to the southwest and runs only on the northern edge and then southward flowing on the western edge of the little later pine forest along. At the Webersmühle it reaches the outskirts of Brensbach and flows shortly afterwards at an altitude of about 179  m above sea level. NHN from the right into the stream of the same name.

Its 1.6 km long run ends 60 meters below its source, so it has an average bed gradient of 38 ‰.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the Hältersbach lies in the Vorderen Odenwald and in the Reinheimer Hügelland . It is drained via the Brensbach, Gersprenz , Main and Rhine to the North Sea.

It borders

  • in the northeast to that of the Bach von der Auwiese , a tributary of the Semme , which flows into the Gersprenz
  • in the southeast to that of the Hollerbach , a tributary of the Brensbach
  • in the south to that of the Brensbach itself
  • and in the northwest to that of the Gersprenz tributary Kohlbach .

The highest point is the 267.7  m above sea level. NHN high Vogelherd in the northwest of the catchment area.

The catchment area is forested on the upper reaches in the northeastern area, otherwise arable land dominates and in the estuary the location of Brensbach dominates.

Gersprenz river system

Individual evidence

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