Kaltenbach (Agger, Engelskirchen)

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Kaltenbach
upper reaches Hipperichsiefen
Data
Water code DE : 272854
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Agger  → Sieg  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Northwest of Brächen
50 ° 57 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 22 ″  E
Source height 322  m
muzzle East of Engelskirchen in the Agger coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 15 "  N , 7 ° 25 ′ 49"  E 50 ° 59 ′ 15 "  N , 7 ° 25 ′ 49"  E
Mouth height 126  m above sea level NN
Height difference 196 m
Bottom slope 37 ‰
length 5.4 km
Catchment area 5.756 km²

The Kaltenbach , called Hipperichsiefen in the upper reaches for 1.5 km , is a 5.8 km long orographically left tributary of the Agger in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . The brook flows completely in the Oberbergischer Kreis .

geography

The brook rises as Hipperichsiefen on the northwestern outskirts of Brächen at an altitude of 322  m above sea level. NN . From here the brook first flows in a north-westerly direction and after a stretch of about 1 km it passes the border with Engelskirchen . From the mouth of a short tributary about 500 m further downstream, the Kaltenbach stream becomes . In the following section the stream is dammed by several ponds and it turns its course to the northeast. A little later the brook flows through the village of Kaltenbach . At the northern edge of the village, the 1.3 km long Uferbach flows out on the right. Once again flowing in north-westerly directions, the stream is accompanied by state road 302. South of the Hüttenberg, the stream is dammed again. Here water is chipped into a ditch (GKZ 27285916). About 250 m below the dam, the 1 km long Hollensiefen empties on the left before the Kaltenbach itself at Unterkaltenbach at 126  m above sea level. NN flows into the Agger on the left .

With a height difference of 196 m, the mean bed slope is 36.3 ‰. The catchment area of 5.756 km² is drained to the North Sea via Agger, Sieg and Rhine .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Measurement based on the German basemap 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2006 ( Memento from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.03 MB)