Irsen (Our)

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Irsen
Irsen in winter

Irsen in winter

Data
Water code DE : 26268
location Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Our  → Sauer  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source West of Heckhuscheid
50 ° 10 ′ 32 ″  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 41 ″  E
Source height approx.  536  m above sea level NHN
muzzle At Gemünd in the Our coordinates: 49 ° 59 '22 "  N , 6 ° 9' 13"  E 49 ° 59 '22 "  N , 6 ° 9' 13"  E
Mouth height approx.  233  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 303 m
Bottom slope approx. 8.5 ‰
length 35.5 km
Catchment area 125.39 km²

The Irsen is a 35.5 km long and orographically left tributary of the Our in the Rhineland-Palatinate Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm ( Germany ).

geography

course

The Irsen rises about two kilometers west of Heckhuscheid at an altitude of 536  m above sea level. NHN . The source is in Irsenfenn on the southwest slope of the Dackscheidberg ( 569.4  m above sea level ) in the area of ​​the local community Großkampenberg and about 600 m south of the border with Belgium . The Irsen initially flows in a southerly direction between the local communities Großkampenberg in the east and Lützkampen in the west. After about four kilometers it swings to the southwest, takes the Primmerbach from the left and passes Harspelt and Sevenig (Our) to the east and Roscheid to the west . After another four kilometers it swings to the southeast to Irrhausen . There it takes the Mannerbach from the left , now flows in a southerly direction to the Daleiden district of Falkenauel. Here it flows around the castle hill ( 395.7  m above sea  level ), then takes on Heimbach and Mühlbach from the right at the power mill belonging to Preischeid . Flowing in a southerly direction, it passes Affler and Überisenbach and flows west of Gemünd at 233  m above sea level. NHN in the Our .

The difference in height of around 303 meters results in an average bed gradient of 8.5 ‰. The Irsen drains a 125.39 km² catchment area via Our, Sauer , Moselle and Rhine to the North Sea .

Tributaries

Tributaries of the Irsen  Map with all coordinates of the tributaries: OSM | WikiMap
f1Georeferencing
Surname

location Length
in km 		EZG
in km² 		Mouth height
in m above sea level NHN 		Mouth
Coordinates 		GKZ
Irschgraben right 00.392 00.397 510 ⊙ 26268-112
dig Left0 00.235 00.239 501 ⊙ 26268-114
Fennbach Left0 01.159 00.870 489 ⊙ 26268-120
Diedrichsborn Left0 01.048 01.354 468 ⊙ 26268-140
Feuchtwiesengraben, also Walterbach Left0 00.944 00.912 462 at Lützkampen ⊙ 26268-160
Wiesenbach Left0 00.910 00.981 457 ⊙ 26268-180
Primmerbach , also Prümer Bach Left0 10,080 16,180 437 west of Herzfeld ⊙ 26268-200
Lützkamperbach right 00.957 00.925 437 south of Lützkampen ⊙ 26268-312
Bach from the Thomashaus Left0 02.170 01.606 402 west of Eschfeld ⊙ 26268-320
Hetzbach Left0 01,962 01.653 402 west of Eschfeld ⊙ 26268-332
Eckbach right 00.919 01.059 396 west of Eschfeld ⊙ 26268-334
Seisbach right 01.416 01.488 379 west of Reiff ⊙ 26268-336
Eschbach Left0 02.584 04.034 372 southwest of Reiff ⊙ 26268-340
Hausener Bach right 01.141 00.868 366 in Irrhausen ⊙ 26268-392
Mannerbach Left0 10.337 26.505 359 in Irrhausen ⊙ 26268-400
Irrbach right 00.859 00.943 353 southwest of Irrhausen ⊙ 26268-520
Busbach Left0 01,852 01,499 348 south of Irrhausen ⊙ 26268-540
Pond ditch right 00.585 00.374 332 southeast of Daleiden ⊙ 26268-560
Digging from the road Left0 01.057 00.494 320 southeast of Daleiden ⊙ 26268-580
Olmscheid Bach Left0 02.709 02.565 307 southwest of itching ⊙ 26268-600
Wurmicht, also Danerbach Left0 01.168 01.453 306 northwest of Karlshausen ⊙ 26268-712
Wurmichtbach Left0 02.113 02.823 302 northwest of Karlshausen ⊙ 26268-720
Delbach, also Dellbach Left0 01,587 02.183 294 northwest of Karlshausen ⊙ 26268-734
Pletschbach Left0 01.649 00.919 290 northeast of Sevenig near Neuerburg ⊙ 26268-740
Fröhnbach Left0 01.541 00.785 287 northeast of Sevenig near Neuerburg ⊙ 26268-752
Heimbach right 02.730 02,598 274 near the power mill belonging to Preischeid ⊙ 26268-760
Mühlbach right 09.337 15.282 274 at the power mill ⊙ 26268-800
Seveniger Bach Left0 02.373 01.938 266 west of Sevenig near Neuerburg ⊙ 26268-920
Bach vom Dauwelsheck, also Steinerbach Left0 00.841 00.627 254 east of Affler ⊙ 26268-940
Afflerbach right 00.951 00.447 253 southeast of Affler ⊙ 26268-952
Emmelsbach Left0 01.184 01.633 246 east of Überisenbach ⊙ 26268-969

Notes on the table

  1. ↑ The water data comes from the GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( notes ), the geographic data from the map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes ).
  2. ↑ Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands for the Irsen receiving water that is common to all .

Web links

Commons : Irsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Whether Irsen is masculine or feminine remains unclear. In this article, Irsen is used masculine as in the GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate water management authority ( notes ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes ) (DTK 1: 5,000 color)
  2. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information ), accessed on November 6, 2015