Mühlbach (Merkenfritzerbach)

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Mühlbach
Data
Water code DE : 2486182
location Wetteraukreis ; Hessen ; Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Merkenfritzerbach  → Nidder  → Nidda  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source northeast of Gedern
50 ° 26 ′ 42 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 10 ″  E
Source height approx.  475  m above sea level NN
muzzle Confluence in Gedern with the Gänsbach to Merkenfritzerbach Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 49 ″  E 50 ° 25 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 49 ″  E
Mouth height 301  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 174 m
Bottom slope approx. 36 ‰
length 4.8 km

The Mühlbach is the almost five kilometers long left and southern source stream of the Merkenfritzerbach in the Wetterau district in Hesse .

If one counts its other source stream with the Merkenfritzerbach , as it sometimes happens, the Mühlbach is corresponding to its inflow.

geography

course

The Mühlbach rises in a small coniferous forest at an altitude of about 475  m above sea level. NN northeast of Gedern , immediately south of the B 275 . It first moves southwards between the Tempelwalde on its right side and the mixed forest floor in the Kesslerwiese on the left. South of the Gewanns In the local pit it is fed by a forest brook on its left. The Mühlbach now flows in a south-south-west direction, past the Köppelchen forest , then changes to the open corridor and reaches the outskirts of Gedern at the hammer mill . There it divides into several mill ditches and finally joins at the corner of Am Stillhof / Weningser Straße at an altitude of about 301  m above sea level. NN with the Gänsbach to the Merkenfritzerbach .

Nidder river system

character

The Mühlbach is a silicate low mountain range. Its ecological status is rated as good.

Individual evidence

  1. a b TK25
  2. Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  3. Page no longer available , search in web archives: Type 5: Silicate low mountain range streams (PDF; 141 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.umweltbundesamt.de
  4. Water quality map 2010: Ecological status - assessment of water quality  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.0 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www2.hmuelv.hessen.de