Ottersbach (victory)

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Ottersbach
Halfterbach
The Ottersbach near Mittelottersbach

The Ottersbach near Mittelottersbach

Data
Water code DE : 272578
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Victory  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Southeast of Bornscheid
50 ° 49 ′ 1 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 47 ″  E
Source height 250  m above sea level NHN
muzzle At Eitorf -Halft in Sieg Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 16 ″  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 42 ″  E 50 ° 46 ′ 16 ″  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 42 ″  E
Mouth height 85  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 165 m
Bottom slope 24 ‰
length 6.8 km
Catchment area 11.533 km²
The Ottersbach near Niederottersbach

The Ottersbach near Niederottersbach

The Ottersbach is a 6.8 km long, orographically right or northern tributary of the Sieg . It flows through the Ottersbach valley named after him .

course

The Ottersbach rises in a wooded area north of Eitorf - Rankenhohn . Its direction is initially southeast. After crossing under Landesstraße 317 , it flows around Rankenhohn and Eitorf-Kreisfeld from the east. South of Kreisfeld it is fed by the Methbach and the Uländerbach . The Honsbach flows into it near the villages of Eitorf-Oberottersbach and Mittelottersbach . The Ottersbach now changes its course in a more southerly direction. At Niederottersbach it is reinforced by the Rieferather Bach coming from the left . Thereafter, the Ottersbach is also called Halfterbach . Between Niederottersbach and Köttingen, it forms the Eitorf- Windeck municipal boundary . It flows through Eitorf-Köttingen and finally flows into the Sieg at Eitorf-Halft.

Tributaries

The most important tributary of the Otterbach is the 4.5 km long Rieferather Bach . Its catchment area of ​​4,324 km² corresponds to about 37% of the Ottersbach. The tributaries that are named according to the German basemap are named below. The streams that are not recorded in the NRW water directory are named without a water code number.

Surname
 Position
[km]		 location Length
[km]		 Catchment area
[km²]		 Mouth height
[m. ü. NHN]		 DGKZ
Fengelbach 6.206 right 0.5   201  
Ülander Bach 5.795 right 0.7   158  
Methbach 5.068 right 0.7   163  
Euelsbach 4.834 Left 1.4   158 272578 12
Gehölzbach 4.097 Left 0.3   142  
Honsbach 4.075 right 0.7   142  
Rieferather Bach 2,799 Left 4.5 4,324 118 272578 2
Wilbertzhohner Bach 2,680 right 1.2   117 272578 92
Eichenbach 2.263 right 0.4   111  
Talbach 2.180 Left 0.7   109  
Spröttbach 1,795 right 0.8   106  
Kehlenbacher Bach 1.488 Left 1.0   103 272578 94
Kopfbach 1.327 right 0.3   101  

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  3. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Measurement based on the German base map 1: 5000