Haemelbach

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Hämelbach
Hämelbachgrabe
The Hämelbachgrabe from above

The Hämelbachgrabe from above

Data
Water code CH : 1378
location Switzerland
Canton Bern
Emmental
Canton lucerne
Entlebuch
River system Rhine
Drain over Ilfis  → Emme  → Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
source am Turner
46 ° 56 ′ 3 ″  N , 7 ° 54 ′ 37 ″  E
Source height approx.  1142  m above sea level M.
muzzle in the Ilfis between Trubschachen and Escholzmatt Coordinates: 46 ° 54 '53 "  N , 7 ° 52' 2"  E ; CH1903:  632 643  /  196061 46 ° 54 '53 "  N , 7 ° 52' 2"  O
Mouth height 744  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 398 m
Bottom slope approx. 88 ‰
length 4.5 km
Catchment area 4.1 km²
Outflow
A Eo : 4.1 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		100 l / s
24.4 l / (s km²)
Communities Escholzmatt-Marbach , Trubschachen

The Hämelbach (also Hämelbachgrabe) is a 4.5 kilometer long right tributary of the Ilfis in the upper Emmental .

Names

The brook is first mentioned in 1371 and 1470 as Hemmelbach and Hemelbach . He is still referred to as Hemmelbach in a document in 1543, in 1710 in the March book by Samuel Bodmer and in 1747 in the tenth volume of the General Helvetic, Eydgenössische, or Schweitzerischen Lexicon . In the years 1472 and 1682 the name Hämellbach can be found in documents .

geography

course

The Hämelbach rises a little below the Turner on its northwest slope at about 1142  m above sea level. M.

From here it flows southwards between the Risisegg in the west and the Glicheberg in the east. It forms the border between the cantons of Bern and Lucerne and flows into the Iflis at the hamlet of Hämelbach .

Tributaries

25 short and nameless streams flow into the Hämelbach.

tourism

It is reported that gold is being panned at the Hämelbach.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ Water network in the WebGis geographic information system of the canton of Bern
  3. ↑ Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved July 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Topographic catchment areas of Swiss waters: area outlets 2 km². Retrieved July 9, 2018 .
  5. ^ Portal of Swiss place name research
  6. ↑ haebabo.ch - Hämelbachboden holiday apartment: Activities with photos