Kirkeler Bach

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Kirkeler Bach
Siltation zone in the NSG Neuhäuseler Arm

Siltation zone in the NSG Neuhäuseler Arm

Data
Water code DE : 264288
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Würzbach (Blies)  → Blies  → Saar  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the St. Ingberter depression near Kirkel-Neuhäusel
49 ° 17 ′ 2 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 54 ″  E
Source height approx.  264  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Lautzkirchen in den Würzbach (Blies) Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 16 ″  E 49 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 16 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  221  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 43 m
Bottom slope about 6 ‰
length 7.2 km
Catchment area 14.4 km²

The Kirkeler Bach is a 7 km long, northern and orographically left tributary of the Würzbach in Saarland .

geography

course

The Kirkeler Bach rises in the natural area of St. Ingberter Senke . Its source is in the north of the district of Kirkel-Neuhäusel between the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway and the Saarbrücken - Mannheim motorway . It first flows through the Neuhäuseler Arm nature reserve , then it crosses under the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway line and takes on the Greta Bruchgraben from the right . He passes under a traffic roundabout and then takes the Weidentalgraben . In the further course it follows the state road L 113 to Lautzkirchen in the Sankt Ingbert-Kirkeler forest area . In Lautzkirchen it first takes in the Reitchtalbach and then the Schwarzweiher river , finally it flows into the Würzbach at the end of the Brunnenstrasse and this flows into the Blies after 800 meters .

Tributaries

  • Kammerschreibergraben ( right ), 0.1 km
  • Grätbruchgraben ( right ), 1.1 km
  • Weidentalgraben ( right ), 0.5 miles
  • Frauentalgraben ( left ), 1.6 km
  • Reitchtalbach ( left ), 0.4 miles
  • Schwarzweiher River ( right ), 1.4 km

natural reserve

In addition to the Neuhäuseler Arm nature reserve, the Kirkeler Bach also flows through the Kirkeler Bachtal nature reserve in the section between Kirkel and Lautzkirchen . The protective purpose is named:

“... the preservation and promotion of a stream valley typical for [this] natural area [...] with rare plant and animal communities. In particular, the communities of nutrient-poor locations should be protected and secured. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Draft of the management plan 2015 , (PDF 1.46 MB)
  2. ↑ Ordinance on the "Kirkeler Bachtal" nature reserve at sl.juris.de