Hombach (Strunde)

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Hombach
Bridge over the Hombach in the lower reaches

Bridge over the Hombach in the lower reaches

Data
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location Bergische plateaus

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Strunde  → Rhine  → North Sea
source near Kierdorf
50 ° 59 ′ 11 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height approx.  224  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at Gut Schiff in the Strunde coordinates: 51 ° 0 '0 "  N , 7 ° 10' 13"  E 51 ° 0 '0 "  N , 7 ° 10' 13"  E
Mouth height approx.  135  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 89 m
Bottom slope approx. 37 ‰
length approx. 2.4 km
Catchment area 1.517 km²
Big cities Bergisch Gladbach

The Hombach (also incorrectly called Hambach in some directories) is a 2.4 km long, southern and left tributary of the Strunde in the area of ​​the district town of Bergisch Gladbach in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rheinisch-Bergische Kreis .

geography

course

The main course of the Hombach rises at an altitude of about 224  m above sea level. NHN in a meadow south of the Kierdorf residential area . A tributary, also called Hombach, rises at an altitude of about 241  m above sea level. NHN in Herkenrath on Asselbroner Weg.

The stream initially flows in a southerly direction past Oberhombach and Unterhombach through the Hombachtal nature reserve . In the vicinity of Gut Schiff it finally flows out at an altitude of 135  m above sea level. NHN from the left into the street.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the Hombach lies in the Paffrath Kalksenke natural area and is drained into the North Sea via the Strunde and Rhine .

It borders

  • in the north to that of the Asselborner Bach stream ,
  • in the south to that of the Lerbach , also a tributary of the Strunde, and
  • to that of the Volbach , a tributary of the Sülz ,
  • otherwise the receiving strunde.

The catchment area consists mainly of forest and meadows.

Tributaries

The Hombach has no named tributaries.

Hombachtal nature reserve

The Hombachtal nature reserve extends from the source of a tributary of the Hombach at Breite to the lower reaches.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ewald Glässer: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 122/123 Cologne / Aachen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1978. →  Online map (PDF; 8.7 MB)
  2. ↑ a b c d Specialized information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( information )