Quirnheimer Bach

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Quirnheimer Bach
Data
Water code DE : 2391872
location Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Palatinate Forest
River system Rhine
Drain over Eisbach  → Rhine  → North Sea
source on the southern edge of Quirnheim
49 ° 35 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 7 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height approx.  305  m above sea level NHN
muzzle Above Quirnheim Valley from the left into the Eisbach Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '3 "  N , 8 ° 7' 4"  E 49 ° 34 '3 "  N , 8 ° 7' 4"  E
Mouth height approx.  158  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 147 m
Bottom slope approx. 64 ‰
length 2.3 km
Catchment area 2.4 km²
Right tributaries Quirngraben
Communities Quirnheim with Boßweiler and Quirnheim Valley
Residents in the catchment area just under 800

The Quirnheimer Bach is a 2.3 km long brook in the area of ​​the eponymous Palatinate municipality Quirnheim and a left tributary of the Eisbach in the north-eastern Palatinate Forest ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).

course

The Quirnheimer Bach rises at about 305  m above sea level. NHN on the southern edge of Quirnheim next to Weedegasse ( Palatine for Weidengasse because of the willow trees growing by the stream ).

After taking in a short trickle of about 250 m from the left and then the Quirngraben (500 m) from the right , the Quirnheimer Bach flows largely in a southerly direction with a fairly steep gradient to the east next to Kreisstraße  26. About halfway through its course, it forms the border between the district of the main town Quirnheim in the east and the residential development of the district of Boßweiler . Towards the end of its course, the stream turns more to the southwest.

Finally , it flows into the Eisbach from the left between Ebertsheim and the hamlet of Quirnheim Valley at about 158  m above sea level. 350 m above this point, the Eisbach reaches the Seltenbach from the right , and the Rodenbach 100 m further from the left .

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 )