Littfe

Littfe
Bridge over the Littfe in Kreuztal oaks
Data
Water code	DE : 272146
location	District of Siegen-Wittgenstein , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany )
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Ferndorfbach  → Sieg  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	in the Rothaargebirge on Wolfshorn near Burgholdinghausen 51 ° 2 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 1 ′ 13 ″  E
Source height	551.3  m above sea level NHN
muzzle	in Kreuztal in the Ferndorfbach (Ferndorf) Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '24 "  N , 7 ° 59' 26"  E 50 ° 57 '24 "  N , 7 ° 59' 26"  E
Mouth height	approx.  273  m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 278.3 m
Bottom slope	approx. 22 ‰
length	12.7 km
Catchment area	50.155 km²
Left tributaries	see catchment area and tributaries
Right tributaries	see catchment area and tributaries

The Littfe is a 12.7 km long northern and orographic right tributary of the Ferndorfbach (Ferndorf) in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein ( Germany ) running along its entire length in the city of Kreuztal . It is also the namesake for the Kreuztal district of Littfeld .

geography

course

Littfequelle

The Littfe rises and runs in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park . Your source is in the outer southwest of the Rothaargebirge on the south-southwest flank of 643  m above sea level. NHN high Wolfshorn at 551.3  m above sea level and about 3.7 km northeast of Burgholdinghausen in the district of this Kreuztal district.

Initially, the Littfe flows in a south-westerly direction between the mountain Hoher Wald ( 656.2  m ) in the south-east and the Glühberg ( 495.4  m ) in the north-west through a wooded valley in which it receives numerous small tributaries from the surrounding slopes and between the at the Hundem tributary Olpe (Rahrbach) located Kirchhundemer district Welschen Ennest and the Kreuztaler district Littfeld south of the Rahrbacher tunnel located in the Glühberg the Ruhr-Sieg route crosses. There it changes from the Rothaargebirge to the natural Siegerland and leaves the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature park in order to flow to the Kreuztaler core town west of the park.

From now on the Littfe runs in a predominantly southerly direction parallel to this railway line in the east and to the federal highway 517 in the west to and through Burgholdinghausen, where it takes up the Langebach on the right. It then passes through Littfeld, where it flows southwest for a short distance and crosses under the B 517 twice. There the Littfe takes the Heimkaus on the left and the Limbach on the right. Then it runs through the east of the Kreuztal district of Krombach , between the districts of Eichen with the upstream small settlement Bockelbach in the west and Stendenbach in the east and south-southeast through Eichen. There the Littfe crosses under the B 517 and takes the Bockenbach coming from the Bockenbach district on the right. Then it flows between the B 517 in the east and the federal highway 54 in the west.

Then reaches the Littfe Kreuztal , where the right side the Heesbach accommodates and, after twice passing under the B, directly north west of the site of the 54 kreuztal station to about 273  meters height in the coming there from left and northeast victory influx Ferndorfbach (remote village) opens .

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Littfe is 50.155 km². Looking downstream, their tributaries include:

Surname	page	Length ( km )	Source	Muzzle	Mouth	Stat. ( km )	EZG ( km² )	GKZ
			height ( m above sea  level )
Langebach (Langenbach)	right	2.7	515	350	Burgholdinghausen	8.50	02.641	272146-2
Limbach	right	2.1	419	326	Littfeld	6.70	-	272146-34
Heimkaus (Heiminkhaus)	Left	4.7	496	325	Littfeld	6.60	08.204	272146-4
Breitenbach	right	2.9	410	309	Krombach	5, 0	-	272146-54
Top soaps	right	1.6	420	308	Krombach	4.85	-	272146-56
Krombach	right	1.9	403	304	Krombach	4.40	-	272146-58
Hankerbach	Left	3.5	421	294	Oak trees	3, 0	-	272146-72
Bockenbach	right	2.5	399	291	Oak trees	2.65	02.403	272146-6
Heesbach (Hees)	right	5.8	427	275	Kreuztal	0.40	12,387	272146-8

Others

There are 33 weirs on the Littfe and a hydropower plant that is currently not in operation . According to the guidelines for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive in North Rhine-Westphalia, the brook was given the designation DE_NRW_272146_0 and was classified as a natural body of water. Several fish ladders were made to allow fish to migrate in the river . In addition, the city has taken some renaturation measures .

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b c} German basic map (DGK 5) in Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
4. ↑ The B 54 used to run between Krombach and Kreuztal until the B 54n was built ; this section has been part of the B 517 since the beginning of 2009 .
5. ↑ Stat. = Water stationing
6. ↑ orifice layer (at / near) the tributaries according to the flowing water kilometrage of Littfe
7. ↑ For a better overview and sorting downstream, a hyphen has been inserted for each river in the water body code (GKZ) after the number “272146”, which stands for the Littfe .