Little Saynbach

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Little Saynbach
The Kleine Saynbach in the municipality of Nordhofen

The Kleine Saynbach in the municipality of Nordhofen

Data
Water code DE : 27124
location Westerwald

Rhineland-Palatinate

River system Rhine
Drain over Saynbach  → Rhine  → North Sea
source south of Obersayn, municipality of Rothenbach
50 ° 32 ′ 22 ″  N , 7 ° 53 ′ 22 ″  E
Source height approx.  460  m above sea level NHN
muzzle between Ellenhausen and Oberhaid in the Sayn coordinates: 50 ° 30 '47 "  N , 7 ° 43' 20"  E 50 ° 30 '47 "  N , 7 ° 43' 20"  E
Mouth height approx.  225  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 235 m
Bottom slope approx. 14 ‰
length 16.7 km
Catchment area 33.75 km²

The Kleine Saynbach is a sixteen kilometer long left tributary of the Sayn near Ellenhausen and Oberhaid . It flows through the Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis .

geography

course

The Kleine Saynbach rises about 15 km northeast of the Montabaurer Höhe south of Obersayn, a district of Rothenbach at an altitude of 460  m above sea level. NHN .

From here it flows northwards towards Obersayn, flows under federal highway 255 and then runs in a south-westerly direction along the southeastern foothills of the Helleberg to Arnshöfen , where it crosses under federal highway 8 , and then to Kuhnhöfen . Then it enters the municipality of Niedersayn and flows along the districts of Karnhöfen, Blaumhöfen and Niedersayn to Helferskirchen , where it meets the district of Niederdorf to the north.

  • The stream in front of the viaduct in Nordhofen

  • The Nordhofen Viaduct

Continuing south-west, it flows to the communities of Quirnbach and Vielbach , after which it enters the southern district of Nordhofen , where it runs under the Viaduct von Nordhofen, a viaduct on the Holzbachtalbahn Siershahn-Altenkirchen section of the Engers-Au railway line , and at the Mausmühle enters the municipality of Oberhaid .

It flows just north of Oberhaid and occurs at a height of about 225  m above sea level. NHN south of Ellenhausen as a left tributary into the Sayn .

The 16.7 kilometer long course of the Kleiner Saynbach ends about 235 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of about 14 ‰.

Catchment area

The 33.75 km² catchment area of the Kleiner Saynbach lies in the Westerwald and is drained through it via the Saynbach and the Rhine to the North Sea.

It borders

  • in the northeast to the catchment area of ​​the Enspeler Bach , which drains into the Rhine via the Nister and the Sieg (river) ,
  • in the east to that of the Elbbach , which flows into the Lahn tributary to the Rhine ,
  • in the southeast to that of the Ahrbach , which flows into the Gelbach ,
  • in the south to that of the Glebach directly, which flows into the Lahn,
  • in the southwest to that of the Masselbach , which drains over the Brexbach into the Saynbach and
  • in the north to that of the Saynbach directly.

The highest point is the Kaltebaum with 471.2  m in the northeast of the catchment area.

Tributaries

  • Etzelbach (from the left, south of Arnshöfen, 1.18 km, GKZ 271242)
  • Beulsteinbach (from the left, south of Kuhnhöfen, 1.13 km, GKZ 2712432)
  • Wolfsbach (from left, near Niederdorf (Helferskirchen), approx. 1.53 km, GKZ 271244)
  • Merzelbach (from the left, west of Vielbach, approx. 3.13 km, GKZ 2712452)
  • Struthbach (from the left, southwest of Nordhofen, approx. 3.25 km, GKZ 271246)
  • Mausmühlbach (right-hand junction at the Mausmühle, southwest of Nordhofen / east of Oberhaid, approx. 0.84 km, GKZ 2712494)

Web links

Commons : Kleiner Saynbach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b topographic-map.com
  2. ↑ a b Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority