Mehrbach

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Mehrbach
The Mehrbach near Mehren in the Westerwald

The Mehrbach near Mehren in the Westerwald

Data
Water code DE : 27164
location Westerwald , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Wied  → Rhine  → North Sea
source North of Werkhausen
50 ° 44 ′ 24 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 23 ″  E
Source height approx.  319  m above sea level NHN
muzzle At Ehrenstein in the Wied coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 2 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 5 ″  E 50 ° 37 ′ 2 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 5 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  152  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 167 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.3 ‰
length 22.9 km
Catchment area 65.868 km²
Mehrbach with a view towards Mehren

Mehrbach with a view towards Mehren

The Mehrbach is a 23 km long right tributary of the Wied . The river code number is 27164, the catchment area has a size of 65.868 km².

course

The Mehrbach rises in the north of the Westerwald north of Werkhausen , near the border between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia , and flows south. On its way to the Wied it first crosses the districts of Werkhausen, Hasselbach and Forstmehren . Then it forms the border between the local communities Ersfeld and Kraam and runs through the village of Mehren in a south-westerly direction . South of Hirz-Maulsbach to the mouth of the river, the Mehrbach forms the border between the Neuwied district on the right and the Altenkirchen district on the left, with an interruption at Dasbach . In the district of Neuwied, the Mehrbach only touches the local community Asbach (Westerwald) with the districts and hamlets Altenhofen , Niedermühlen , Kapaunsmühle , Diefenau , Altenburg and Ehrenstein ; in the district of Altenkirchen the communities Kescheid and Rott one after the other . From the hamlet of Dasbach to the confluence with the Wied near Ehrenstein Monastery , the Mehrbach flows through the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park .

Tributaries

From the source, the tributaries on the left are the Werkhausener Bach, the Weyerbuscher Bach and the Ahlbach. The tributaries on the right are the Retterserbach brooks ( also called Peschbach in its source area Scherenbach and near Ersfeld ), Friesbach, Maulsbach, Hirzbach and Krumbach.

history

In its middle and lower course, the Mehrbach formed the border between different sovereign territories for centuries.

From the confluence of the Hirzbach to the confluence with the Wied, the right side of the Mehrbach belonged to the Electorate of Cologne from the middle of the 13th century to 1803 , and then shortly until 1806 to the Principality of Wied-Runkel. The left side of the Mehrbach belonged, with a brief interruption in the 17th century, to the County of Sayn and finally to the County of Sayn-Hachenburg until 1799 , then to the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg until 1806 .

From 1806 both sides of the Mehrbach belonged to the Duchy of Nassau and from 1815 to the Kingdom of Prussia and the administrative district of Koblenz . As part of the Prussian administrative structure, in 1816 the previous right-hand side of the Electorate of Cologne came to the Neuwied district and the previous left-hand side of Sayn to the Altenkirchen district.

At the same time, the Mehrbach also formed a denominational boundary for a long time. The villages to the left of the Mehrbach had belonged to the Lutheran and later also to the Reformed denomination since the middle of the 16th century , while the villages to the right of the Mehrbach remained Catholic .

Cultural

In 1986, the sculptor and painter put Erwin Wortelkamp at Hasselbach in a location accessible to the public and influenced by the course of more Bach's 10-hectare sculpture park, in the valley , on the design of more than 40 artists and landscape designers participated.

The nationally known wind orchestra Mehrbachtal e. V. , founded in the community of Forstmehren.

In 2018, the non-profit association Sustainable Mehrbachtal e. V. based in Forstmehren. He is committed to the sustainable use and preservation of the natural foundations of life and resources in the immediate vicinity and offers interested parties a platform for meeting, exchanging ideas and opinions, evaluating new projects, as well as organizing, structuring and carrying out activities and specific projects. In addition, the association sees itself as an interface between those seeking advice and, for example, municipal institutions or possible negotiating partners from business and administration.

Web links

Commons : Mehrbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  3. ↑ a b c GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  4. ↑ a b Landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration
  5. ^ Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-922244-80-7 , p. 378, 379, 380, 420, 433 .
  6. ↑ From Monuments: The Valley of Artists , April 2016
  7. ^ Website of the wind orchestra Mehrbachtal e. V. ( Memento from December 31, 2019 in the Internet Archive ).
  8. ↑ Website of the association "Sustainable Mehrbachtal eV"