Mordach (Beerbach)

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Mordach
Data
Water code DE : 239624992
location Darmstadt-Dieburg district , Hesse ( Germany )
River system Rhine
Drain over Beerbach  → Modau  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Origin
49 ° 48 ′ 21 ″  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 37 ″  E
Source height approx.  210  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at the hamlet of In der Mordach
in the Beerbach Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '23 "  N , 8 ° 41' 6"  E 49 ° 48 '23 "  N , 8 ° 41' 6"  E
Mouth height approx.  177  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 33 m
Bottom slope approx. 47 ‰
length 700 m

The Mordach (Bach vom Kirschberg) is a 0.7 km long, eastern and right tributary of the Beerbach . It flows in the municipal area of Mühltal in the Vorderen Odenwald and in the Bergstrasse-Odenwald nature park in the Hessian district of Darmstadt-Dieburg .

The name Mordach is a local dialect form that corresponds to a written Moorache .

course

The stream rises east of the Mühltaler hamlet In der Mordach on the western slope of the Kirschberg ( 302.4  m above sea  level ) at an altitude of about 210  m . It flows in a westerly direction and passes through four ponds. A few meters west of the fourth pond, the Mühlgraben meets the stream from the Kirschberg from the left . The latter joins the Modau tributary Beerbach east of the state road  3098 at the hamlet In der Mordach at around 177  m above sea level . A few meters below this mouth, an approximately 250 to 300 m long Mühlkanal branches off the Beerbach, the water of which flows into the Beerbach in front of the Haus Burgwald sanatorium .

Mills

These former mills are located on the lower reaches of the Mordach, which is fed by the Mühlgraben :

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bach name and water code number (GKZ):
    Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information ): The name     Mordach for the Bach vom Kirschberg is not derived from this water map service . According to the service, the GKZ 239624992 stands for the entire stream.
  2. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ↑ a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  4. ↑ Length by tools - function drawing / measuring in the water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information ) in comparison with Google Maps