Nitzbach

Nitzbach
Nitzbach at the Finnenhütte
Data
Water code	DE : 27144
location	Eifel Rhineland-Palatinate
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Nice  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	South of Reimerath 50 ° 18 ′ 2 ″  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 7 ″  E
Source height	approx.  559  m above sea level NHN
muzzle	near Sankt Johann in the Nette coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 12 ″  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 41 ″  E 50 ° 21 ′ 12 ″  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 41 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  267  m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 292 m
Bottom slope	approx. 10 ‰
length	28.5 km
Catchment area	85.859 km²
Communities	Mannebach , Brückal , Kirsbach , Nitz , Niederbaar , Virneburg , Nitztal , Sankt Johann
Nitzbach in Nitztal
The Eschbach a few meters before it flows into the Nitzbach, aerial photo (2016)

The Nitzbach is a 28.5 km long orographically right tributary of the Nette in Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ).

geography

course

The Nitzbach rises about one kilometer southwest of Reimerath and northwest of Mannebach in the Vulkaneifel district at an altitude of about 559  m above sea level. NHN . From here the stream flows northeast to Brückal . There it crosses under the state road 94 and flows in an easterly direction south past the village of Kirsbach . It turns northeast and reaches Nitz . It passes the village of Niederbaar and then flows along the federal road 258 to Virneburg . In Virneburg, the Nitzbach flows around the castle in a wide arc and then meanders through a narrow valley past the Sankt Jost pilgrimage chapel and through Nitztal in an easterly direction to its confluence with the Nette at Bürresheim Castle near Sankt Johann .

The 85.6 km² catchment area drains via the Nette and Rhine to the North Sea .

Tributaries

Tributaries of the Nitzbach (downstream)

Stat. in km	Surname	GKZ	location	Length in km	EZG in km²	Mouth
028.20	Schildwachtbach	27144-112	right	000.6180	0000.1900
027.60	Mittelbach	27144-114	right	001.3260	0000.5350
027.10	Grubenbach	27144-116	Left0	000.9860	0000.6340
027.00	Diedrichsbach	27144-118	right	001.5420	0000.7730
026.50	Wiesenbach	27144-1192	right	000.7060	0000.5570
025.30	Winsbach	27144-12	Left0	002,4220	0005.1490	Brückal
023.30	Kirsbach	27144-14	Left0	004,9550	0003,7470	Kirsbach
020.70	Krebsbach	27144-2	Left0	005.8550	0007.5220	Nitz
019.10	Bierschbach	27144-32	Left0	004,2480	0004,8740	Nitz
017.90	Eschbach	27144-4	Left0	006,9410	0010.7120	Niederbaar
016.50	Herresbach	27144-52	Left0	002.4840	0002.1770	Virneburg
012.30	Engelbach, also Welschenbach	27144-54	Left0	004,0000	0004.1690
011.80	Blumenbach	27144-592	right	000.9460	0000.6410
010.80	Eighth brook	27144-6	Left0	006.8660	0012,3340
007.80	Arbacher Bach	27144-712	Left0	000.6760	0000.3180
007.20	Wild soaps	27144-72	right	001.6110	0001.3970
006.80	Remmknippbach	27144-732	right	000.8310	0000.3410
006.20	Petersbach	27144-74	Left0	001,8890	0001.6840
004.50	Steinbach	27144-76	right	001.6580	0002.0820
003.00	Scheidkopfbach	27144-792	right	001.0140	0000.5960	Nitztal
000.50	Welschenbach	27144-8	Left0	003.0350	0003.1040

Notes on the table

1. ↑ Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands for the common receiving water Nitzbach .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
2. ↑ ^{a b c} GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )