Hetterbach

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Hetterbach
Small brook near Darmstadt-Eberstadt

Small brook near Darmstadt-Eberstadt

Data
Water code DE : 23962516
location Hesse
River system Rhine
Drain over Modau  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Eberstadt basin ( Bergstrasse )
49 ° 50 ′ 10 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 22 ″  E
Source height approx.  195  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in a pond
near Eberstadt Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '45 "  N , 8 ° 39' 7"  E 49 ° 49 '45 "  N , 8 ° 39' 7"  E
Mouth height approx.  147  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 48 m
Bottom slope approx. 27 ‰
length 1.8 km

The Hetterbach is a brook in southern Hesse in the Modau catchment area . It flows in the district of Darmstadt in the Eberstadt district . The brook is 1.8 km long from its source to its mouth in a pond on the north-eastern edge of the village far away from the Modau. After the pond, the water on the right-hand side disappears into the sewer system, via which it reaches the Modau, which flows through the center of Eberstadt, after another 1.5 to 2 km.

The Hetterbach was named after the Hettersberg, today's Prinzenberg .

course

The catchment area of ​​the Hetterbach lies in the Eberstädter Becken natural area, which is part of the Bergstrasse main natural area . The brook arises in a swamp area in the Darmstadt Forest between the nearby Prinzenberg ( 241  m above sea  level ) in the west, the Kirchberg ( 244  m ) in the east and the Lindenberg ( 254.1  m ) in the southeast and flows consistently southwest.

Already a little after its origin not far from the city limits to the Nieder-Ramstadt district of the neighboring municipality of Mühltal in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, water flowing from the Melita fountain near the edge of the forest strengthens the Hetterbach. Then he leaves the forest and traverses, partly accompanied by a tree gallery, a corridor that is not very open because of the many orchards and four ponds in it.

On the northeast edge of Eberstadt, the Hetterbach ends in a pond on the western edge of the oak grove (up to 224  m ), which no longer has an above-ground drain. Rather, its water flows into the valley and seeps into the sandy subsoil.

Toponyms

  1. 1489: in the Hetterbach
  2. 1489: on the Hetterberg (until 1542)
  3. 1699: move to the Häderbacher Rech
  4. undated: In the Hirtenbach
  5. undated: Hetterbacher Wiese
  6. today: Hetterbach

etymology

The brook name Hetterbach belongs to the name Hetterbach . The Hetterbach flows along the foot of the Hetterberg . The mountain name Hetterberg is probably a bracket form of Hetter (bach) berg .

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d The position of the mouth in the Modau is unclear; Length refers to the section from the source to the mouth of the pond; The mouth height stands for this mouth, not for that into the Modau; Sewer section is not recorded in terms of kilometers in the water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  4. ↑ Hans Ramge et al .: Südhessisches Flurnamenbuch , Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt, 2002, ISBN 3-88443-045-9 , p. 493.