Toothenbach (Sotzbach)

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Toad stream
Data
Water code DE : 247846692
location Vogelsberg

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Sotzbach  → Reichenbach  → Bracht  → Kinzig  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Vogelsberg north-west of Bad Soden-Salmünster - Katholisch-Willenroth
50 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 35 ″  E
Source height 323  m above sea level NHN
muzzle east of Brachttal - Hellstein in den Sotzbach Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 45 ″  E 50 ° 19 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 45 ″  E
Mouth height 200  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 123 m
Bottom slope 33 ‰
length 3.7 km

The Krötenbach is an almost four kilometer long left and eastern tributary of the Sotzbach in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district .

geography

course

The Krötenbach rises in the southern Vogelsberg at an altitude of about 323  m above sea level. NHN in a field northwest of Bad Soden-Salmünster - Katholisch-Willenroth at the southeastern foot of the Markberg ( 331.4  m above sea level ). It initially flows about 250 m south through fields and then turns to the southwest. After another 250 meters, it reaches the boundary of Bad Soden-Salmünster and Brachttal and marks the border between the two communities for a good kilometer. It now moves westward through grassland and then passes the Brachttal district of Udenhain . After he has left the village, he continues to walk west through a meadow landscape. It then feeds a small pond, changes its direction to the northwest, flows through a small deciduous forest and finally flows east of Brachttal- Hellstein at an altitude of about 200  m above sea level. NHN in the Sotzbach .

On its way from the source to the estuary it is strengthened by a series of small field and meadow ditches.

Kinzig river system

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth
  2. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )