Horrenbach (Urft)

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Horrenbach
Horrenbach

Horrenbach

Data
Water code DE : 2822992
location North Eifel

North Rhine-Westphalia

River system Rhine
Drain over Urft  → Rur  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district Meuse
source in the NSG Horrenbachtal northeast of Herhahn
50 ° 33 ′ 49 ″  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 1 ″  E
Source height approx.  490  m above sea level NHN
muzzle to Gemünd -Malsbenden from the left into the Urft coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 37 ″  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 26 ″  E 50 ° 34 ′ 37 ″  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 26 ″  E
Mouth height 330  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 160 m
Bottom slope approx. 87 ‰
length 1.8 km
Catchment area 1.1 km² 
(EZG without Seelbach 0.87 km²)

The Horrenbach is a left tributary of the Urft near Gemünd , a district of the Schleiden municipality in the Euskirchen district of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

course

The Horrenbach rises in the nature reserve Horrenbachtal northeast of Herhahn , which is southwest of the Gemünd district. In this area it flows through a near-natural brook valley, which is characterized in the upper reaches by extensively managed, but partly fallow wetland and poor grassland. From there it runs in a north-easterly direction to Malsbenden, where it crosses under Schöttgasse. In the lower reaches it runs through a wood of willows and alder banks as well as two fish ponds. North of Schöttgasse, the stream runs northwards. To the west is a sewage treatment plant of the Eifel-Rur water association. The brook crosses under the Bruchstrasse and finally drains into the Urft .

Catchment area

The 1 km² catchment area is located in the Northern Eifel and is drained to the North Sea via Urft, Rur , Maas and Hollands Diep .

It borders

  • in the east to that of the Urft tributary Braubach
  • and in the west to that of the Laßbach , also a Urft tributary.

The southern edge of the catchment area is characterized by agriculturally used areas and in the source area there is extensively farmed, partially fallow and species-rich grassland. The middle is mostly wooded with small-scale hardwood in the upper slope areas mixed with larger spruce stands. At the lower reaches of the western valley slope there is a larger sessile oak forest and wet meadows dominate in the eastern estuary area .

The catchment area is characterized by clay and silt stones, sandstones and quartzites from the Lower Devonian. Clay-silty brown earth with only a small amount of usable field capacity has deposited above it, and gley soils with a very high and usable field capacity dominate in the direct basin and in the estuary area .

Tributaries

Web links

Commons : Horrenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Specialized information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( information )
  2. ↑ a b Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  3. ↑ Self-measurement on ELWAS
  4. ^ "Horrenbachtal northeastern Herhahn" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on December 9, 2019.
  5. ^ District Euskirchen (ed.): Landscape plan 36a Schleiden , preliminary draft, January 2009, p. 134
  6. ↑ Landscape plan 36 "Schleiden"