Irrbach (Osterbach)

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Irrbach
Irrbachquelle

Irrbachquelle

Data
Water code DE : 24761292
location Hessian-Franconian mountainous region

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Osterbach  → Gersprenz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Odenwald southwest of Reichelsheim - Unter-Easter
49 ° 41 ′ 16 ″  N , 8 ° 50 ′ 28 ″  E
Source height approx.  348  m above sea level NHN
muzzle near Reichelsheim- Unter-Easter in the Osterbach Coordinates: 49 ° 41 '39 "  N , 8 ° 51' 35"  E 49 ° 41 '39 "  N , 8 ° 51' 35"  E
Mouth height approx.  231  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 117 m
Bottom slope approx. 56 ‰
length 2.1 km

The Irrbach is a good two kilometers long left and west tributary of the Osterbach .

geography

course

The Irrbach rises in the Odenwald at an altitude of about 348  m above sea level. NN in a forest meadow southwest of Reichelsheim - Unter-Easter .

It flows first in a northerly direction between the two wooded hills, the Dachsberg ( 385  m above sea level ) on its right and the Schmelzbuckel ( 365  m above sea level ) on its left. To the south of the Klößbuckeles ( 367.3  m above sea level ) the brook makes a wide arc to the west. Shortly before it reaches the outskirts of Unter-Easter, it is fed on its right by the Lauchbach coming from the southwest .

The Irrbach finally flows into Unter-Easter at an altitude of about 231  m above sea level. NHN in the Osterbach .

Its approximately 2.1 km long run ends about 117 meters below its source, so it has an average bed gradient of 56 ‰.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the Irrbach lies in the Vorderen Odenwald and is drained to the North Sea via the Osterbach, Gersprenz , Main and Rhine rivers.

It borders

  • in the east to that of the Osterbach
  • to the southwest by that of the Benz stream in the left Gersprenz source Bach Mergbach opens
  • in the west to that of the Schnepfenbach , also a Mergbach tributary
  • and in the north to that of the Mergbach itself.

The highest point is 409.9  m above sea level. NHN high range in the south of the catchment area.

The catchment area is forested in the mountainous areas, grassland predominates in the floodplains, otherwise arable land.

Tributaries

Gersprenz river system

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth
  2. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )