Holzbach (Simmerbach)

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Holzbach
Data
Water code DE : 254454
location Hunsrück

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Simmerbach  → Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Simmerner Mulde near Holzbach
49 ° 57 '11 "  N , 7 ° 31' 51"  E
Source height approx.  395  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Ohlweiler in den Simmerbach Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '55 "  N , 7 ° 29' 55"  E 49 ° 57 '55 "  N , 7 ° 29' 55"  E
Mouth height approx.  317  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 78 m
Bottom slope approx. 26 ‰
length 3 km
Catchment area 3.63 km²

The Holzbach is a 3.0 km long, southeastern and left tributary of the Simmerbach . It flows in the Simmerner Mulde in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate and flows entirely in the Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park .

geography

course

The Holzbach rises in at a height of 395  m above sea level. NHN in a field on the western edge of the local community of the same name .

The stream flows in a west-northwest direction in the corridor In der Mäwies, first through arable land and then through a wet fallow along the southern outskirts of the village. At the corridor Auf der Lehmkaul , south-east of a weekend house area, it is strengthened on its left by the Rehlsbach coming from the south .

The Holzbach then runs in the corridor in the Holzbach on the eastern edge of a mixed forest north-northwest through fields and meadows. To the northeast of a small mixed oak and beech forest , it turns more and more to the northwest and then moves south of the Heiligerberg through the corridors An den Aspen and Oberste Holzbach . West of the hallway Im Gebück it turns to the west-southwest, then flows through the hallway In der Holzbach and then reaches the outskirts of the residential community of Ohlweiler .

It passes the village, crosses under the K 18 and finally flows at 317  m into the Simmerbach near tributary coming from the northeast .

The 2.98 km long course of the Holzbach ends about 78 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of about 26 ‰.

Catchment area

The 3.63 km² catchment area of Holzbach is located in the Simmerner Mulde and is drained through it via the Simmerbach, Nahe and Rhine to the North Sea.

It borders

  • in the east to the catchment area of ​​the Reichenbach , which flows into the Simmerbach
  • in the southeast to that of the Brühlbach , which drains over the Lametbach into the Simmerbach
  • and in the southwest to that of the Verschbach , which is also a tributary of the Simmerbach.

The catchment area is partly forested in the higher elevations, otherwise arable land dominates.

Tributaries

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b c GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information ) (query on November 20, 2010)