Pfaffenbach (Wied)

	Pfaffenbach
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	Data
Water code	DE : 27166
location	Westerwald , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Wied → Rhine → North Sea
source	East of Kircheib ; 50 ° 42 ′ 31 ″ N , 7 ° 28 ′ 51 ″ E
Source height	353 m above sea level NN
muzzle	At Wiedmühle ( Neustadt (Wied) ) in the Wied coordinates: 50 ° 36 '52 " N , 7 ° 24' 23" E 50 ° 36 '52 " N , 7 ° 24' 23" E;
Mouth height	141 m above sea level NN
Height difference	212 m
Bottom slope	10 ‰
length	20.6 km
Catchment area	62.826 km²
Left tributaries	Asbach
Right tributaries	Elleserbach , ; Stockhausener Bach , ; Hallerbach

The Pfaffenbach is a 20 km long right tributary of the Wied . The river code number is 27166, the water catchment area has a size of 62.826 km².

Surname

In documents from the end of the Middle Ages, the name Elsaff can be found for the Pfaffenbach, including its upper reaches .

The name of the Pfaffenbach is derived from the Heisterbach monks ( priests ) who had some goods in Neustadt an der Wied as well as pastoral care in the local parish from the middle of the 13th to the end of the 18th century . Countess Mechthild von Sayn gave the hospital of the Heisterbach Abbey in 1254 the church in Neustadt with patronage and tithes, along with tithes of her farms and estates in the parish of Neustadt. The way of the monks from Heisterbach to Neustadt led along the Pfaffenbach. A bridge over the Pfaffenbach between the villages of Hüngsberg (district of Windhagen ) and Prangenberg (district of Neustadt (Wied)) bears the name "Pfaffensteg".

geography

course

In its course, the Pfaffenbach also has various local names. From its source in the southern Leuscheid to south of the village Eckenbach in the local church Kircheib he named Eckenbach then, the name Griesebach , in the amount of Buchholz main town and the district election means he Wahler Bach and from about the inflow of Asbach in Bennau bears he then named Pfaffenbach. Some also call the lower reaches below the village of Hammerhof Hammerbach . In Neustadt -Wiedmühle it flows into the Wied.

Tributaries

Tributaries of the Pfaffenbach
Surname	location	Length in km
Reisbitzer Bach	right
Rötchesbach	Left0
Löher raft	Left0
Elleser Bach	right
Hen soaps	Left0
Asbach	Left0	004.3000
Stockhausen brook	right	004.7000
Bitch soaps	Left0
Elsaffer Bach	right	008.5000
Elsbach	Left0	002.2000

Notes on the table

^ At the city map service : Reisbitzer Bornbach
^ At the GeoExplorer - Water Management Administration Rhineland-Palatinate: Hallerbach
^ At the GeoExplorer - Water Management Administration Rhineland-Palatinate: Hammerbach

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration
↑ ^a ^b ^c GeoExplorer - Water Management Administration Rhineland-Palatinate
↑ Ulf Lind: The Elsaff, the original name of the Pfaffenbach including its upper course. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Landkreis Neuwied 2010 , pp. 73–81.
^ ^A ^b Hans Lahr: Along the Pfaffenbach , in "Windhagen, a home book", Bonn, 1994, pp. 79-80
^ Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999; ISBN 3-922244-80-7 , p. 139

[6] At the city map service : Reisbitzer Bornbach

[7] At the GeoExplorer - Water Management Administration Rhineland-Palatinate: Hallerbach

[8] At the GeoExplorer - Water Management Administration Rhineland-Palatinate: Hammerbach

[Info-1] Landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration

[GeoExplorer-2] GeoExplorer - Water Management Administration Rhineland-Palatinate

[lind-3] Ulf Lind: The Elsaff, the original name of the Pfaffenbach including its upper course. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Landkreis Neuwied 2010 , pp. 73–81.

[lahr-4] A ^b Hans Lahr: Along the Pfaffenbach , in "Windhagen, a home book", Bonn, 1994, pp. 79-80

[gensicke-5] Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999; ISBN 3-922244-80-7 , p. 139