Michelsbach (Rhine)

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Michelsbach
The Michelsbach and its three main tributaries (from south to north) Otterbach, Erlenbach and Klingbach

The Michelsbach and its three main tributaries (from south to north) Otterbach, Erlenbach and Klingbach

Data
Water code DE : 23754
location Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine  → North Sea
origin from the Fischmal near Leimersheim
49 ° 7 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 6 ″  E
Source height 98  m above sea level NHN
muzzle south of Sondernheim from the left into the Rhine Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 50 ″  E 49 ° 11 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 50 ″  E
Mouth height 96  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 2 m
Bottom slope 0.16 ‰
length 12.4 km
Catchment area 336.907 km²
Left tributaries Erlenbach , Scheidbach , Rottenbach , Klingbach , Altgraben, Spiegelbach

The Michelsbach , formerly and partly still today Sondernheimer Altrhein , is a former left branch of the Rhine in the southern Palatinate ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) that is now classified as a brook . It flows over its entire length of a good 12 km through the district of Germersheim .

course

The Michelsbach has its origin at 98  m above sea level near Leimersheim as a north-western outflow of the Rhine oxbow lake Fischmal , which is fed by the Otterbach as an inflow. In the event of flooding, water can be pumped from the Fischmal into the Leimersheimer Altrhein via the Leimersheim pumping station.

  • Michelsbach in Leimersheim

  • Mouth of the Erlenbach (left)

While still in Leimersheim, the Erlenbach, which comes from the Palatinate Forest via Bad Bergzabern and has about the same strength, flows from the left to the Michelsbach. This turns in an arc extending to the west to the north and takes on the Scheidbach from the left near Kuhardt . Two more arches, first to the east and then again to the west, follow. In Hördt , the Rottenbach and the Klingbach flow from the left . The latter also comes from the Palatinate Forest via Klingenmünster and Herxheim and is comparable to the Erlenbach in terms of water flow. The Michelsbach then crosses the western area of ​​the Hördter Rheinaue nature reserve and, after having taken Altgraben and Spiegelbach from the left , turns to the east.

To the south of the Germersheim district of Sondernheim , the Michelsbach flows into the Rhine from the left at a height of 96  m .

tourism

The slight gradient of only 2 m to 12 km, which corresponds to 0.16 ‰, causes a very slow flow rate. This is why the Michelsbach is ideal for trips by canoe or canoe . However, on the way north the water branches out, some of which end blind.

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 GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )