Hammerbach (Modau)

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Hammerbach
Hammerbach an der Hammermühle (2010)

Hammerbach an der Hammermühle (2010)

Data
Water code DE : 239623316
location Odenwald

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Modau  → Rhine  → North Sea
Branch at the weir in Ober-Ramstadt in the Odenwald
49 ° 49 ′ 24 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 49 ″  E
muzzle in Ober-Ramstadt
in the Modau coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 45 "  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 48"  E 49 ° 49 ′ 45 "  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 48"  E

length 400 m

The Hammerbach is an approximately 650 m long Mühlkanal to the left of the Modau , which flows through Ober-Ramstadt in the Hessian district of Darmstadt-Dieburg .

geography

course

The Hammerbach runs in the Vorderen Odenwald and in the Bergstrasse-Odenwald Nature Park . It branches off from the Modau in the southern urban area of ​​Ober-Ramstadt and flows northwards. In the center of Ober-Ramstadt the Hammerbach flows from the left into the Modau Rhine tributary .

Only the 400 m long upper trench above and south of the hammer mill is used as surface water (DLM25) .

Mill and Etymology

The Hammermühle is located on Hammerbach, right next to the town hall of Ober-Ramstadt. The name Hammerbach probably refers to the hammer mill.

Individual evidence

  1. WFD kilometrage