Kellenbach (river)

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Kellenbach
White water stretch of the Kellenbach between Gehlweiler and Königsau

White water stretch of the Kellenbach between Gehlweiler and Königsau

Data
Water code EN : 2544
location Hunsrück

Rhineland-Palatinate

River system Rhine
Drain over Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source From Gemünden the Simmerbach is called Kellenbach
50 ° 5 '24 "  N , 7 ° 35' 50"  E
Source height 280  m
muzzle near Simmertal in the Nahe Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 15 "  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 26"  E 49 ° 48 ′ 15 "  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 26"  E
Mouth height 190  m
Height difference 90 m
Bottom slope 5.3 ‰
length 17 km  (with Simmerbach 57.15 km)
Catchment area 395.058 km²
Communities Gehlweiler , Königsau , Kellenbach , Heinzenberg , Simmertal

Kellenbach is the name of the lower reaches of the Simmerbach from Gemünden . It is a river in the Hunsrück , Rhineland-Palatinate .

Surname

The name Kellenbach is probably derived from the Old High German word kela , which means something like "throat" or, figuratively, "narrow valley".

geography

The Kellenbach is approx. 17 km long and flows into the Nahe near Simmertal . The deep valley of the Kellenbach divides the Soonwald and the Lützelsoon . The Soonwald breakthrough between Gehlweiler and Königsau is one of the most attractive whitewater kayak routes in Rhineland-Palatinate . Numerous weir systems dam the stream over short stretches. The federal highway 421 runs parallel to the river.

Flora and fauna

The Kellenbach flows through economically rarely used valley meadows, with willows and alders on the banks . In the area of ​​the Soonwald breakthrough, the valley becomes narrower, slopes wooded with oak and hornbeam border directly on the stream. Gray herons and mallards are the most common water birds in the Bachtal, and the dipper and kingfisher also have their habitat on the fast-flowing water.

Web links

Commons : Kellenbach River  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. Gustav Schellack, Willi Wagner: The Hunsrück between the Rhine, Mosel and Nahe, 1984, p. 8.