Mergbach

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Mergbach
The Mergbach just before the confluence

The Mergbach just before the confluence

Data
Water code EN : 2476
location Odenwald

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Gersprenz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Mergbach spring north of Lindenfels - Winterkasten
49 ° 43 ′ 19 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 19 ″  E
Source height approx.  568  m above sea level NHN
confluence with the Osterbach near Reichelsheim -Bockenrod to Gersprenz Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '24 "  N , 8 ° 51' 32"  E 49 ° 42 '24 "  N , 8 ° 51' 32"  E
Mouth height approx.  205  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 363 m
Bottom slope approx. 33 ‰
length 10.9 km
Catchment area 28.004 km²
Discharge A Eo : 28.004 km² at the mouth

MQ
Mq
399.1 l / s
14.3 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Zahlbach
The Mergbach (front right) joins the Osterbach (right) to the Gersprenz (back left)

The Mergbach (front right) joins the Osterbach (right) to the Gersprenz (back left)

The Mergbach is the approximately 10.9 km long left source stream of the Gersprenz in the Odenwald in southern Hesse . It is also seen by some as a part of the Gersprenz.

Surname

The name Mergbach can already be read on cards from 1895. After that it was often referred to as Gersprenz, which is why its source was also named Gersprenz-Quelle. In 2013 it was briefly renamed Mergbach-Quelle again. However, this was already revised in the following year; the source is now again signposted as Gersprenzquelle .

geography

course

The Mergbach source

The Mergbach rises north of Lindenfels - Winterkasten . The contained Mergbach source (formerly Gersprenz source ) is located on the eastern slope of the Neunkircher Höhe near the Kaiserturm . The source area is surrounded by natural stones.

The Mergbach flows together with the Osterbach to the Gersprenz near Reichelsheim -Bockenrod .

Tributaries

Gersprenz river system

Localities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Economic map of the Gräflich-Erbachischen Wald, Revier Reichenberg
  2. New signs at the source stream of the Gersprenz ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echo-online.de
  3. GERSPRENZQUELLE: Geopark is redesigning the square again