Hesselbach (Banfe)
| Hesselbach | ||
 Wiesental of the Hesselbach, just before its mouth |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 25812 | |
| location | Siegen-Wittgenstein district , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Banfe → Lahn → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | in the Rothaargebirge on the Spreitzkopf 50 ° 53 ′ 13 ″ N , 8 ° 22 ′ 41 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 530 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | near Hesselbach in the Banfe Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 10 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 46 ″ E 50 ° 53 ′ 10 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 46 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 399 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 131 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 49 ‰ | |
| length | 2.7 km | |
The Hesselbach is a 2.7 km long, eastern and orographically right tributary of the Banfe in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein .
course
The Hesselbach rises east of Hesselbach , a district of Bad Laasphe . Its source is located on the southern flank of the Spreitzkopf ( 627 m above sea level ) at an altitude of around 530 m . From there it flows for the first few meters in a southerly direction, but then turns in the further course in a predominantly westerly direction. The Hesselbach flows through the village of the same name, Hesselbach, and then flows through an open meadow valley, always parallel to Hesselbacher Straße . Something then it flows north from at Banfe located Fischelbach to approximately 399 m altitude in the coming there from the south and in the local headwaters also Fischelbach called Lahn influx Banfe; To the west of the mouth rises the Burgberg ( castle ; 563.2 m ).
Natural allocation
The Hesselbach flows in the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33) and in the main unit Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland ) (333) through the subunit Südwittgensteiner Bergland ( Wittgensteiner Lahnbergland ; 333.2).