Humbach (Ilm)

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Humbach
Hum Bach
The Humbach in Cottendorf

The Humbach in Cottendorf

Data
location Near Ilmenau in the foreland of the Thuringian Forest
River system Elbe
Drain over Ilm  → Saale  → Elbe  → North Sea
source Meadow near Bücheloh
50 ° 42 ′ 48 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 1 ″  E
Source height 470  m above sea level NN
muzzle At Cottendorf in the Ilm coordinates: 50 ° 44 '18 "  N , 11 ° 1' 54"  E 50 ° 44 '18 "  N , 11 ° 1' 54"  E
Mouth height 382  m above sea level NN
Height difference 88 m
Bottom slope approx. 16 ‰
length approx. 5.5 km
Catchment area approx. 12 km²
Communities Ilmenau (OT Bücheloh ) and Cottendorf
Residents in the catchment area 560

The Humbach is an approximately six kilometer long tributary of the Ilm in the Ilm district ( Thuringia ).

course

The source of the Humbach is located in a meadow northeast of Ilmenau, immediately east of the A 71 exit Ilmenau-Ost in the Bücheloh district . Below the town it forms a valley in which the B 87 and the Humbachsteiche are located.

The Humbachsteiche are artificial, rectangular ponds that are primarily used for fish farming. The 290-meter-long Humbach Valley Bridge , which is part of the route of the high - speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt , runs across the valley .

The Humbach now continues to flow in an easterly direction and flows into the Ilm at Cottendorf .

Name meaning

There are no early documented mentions of the brook. Therefore it is not possible to determine whether the name comes from New High German dog or chicken. There are also completely different origins of names possible.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elfriede Ulbricht: The river basin of the Thuringian Saale. A name-based investigation (= German-Slavic research on naming and settlement history. No. 2, ISSN  0070-3893 ). Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1957, (at the same time: Leipzig, University, dissertation, 1954).