Reichenbach (Bracht)

Reichenbach
The Reichenbach near Hellstein
Data
Water code	DE : 247846
location	Main-Kinzig-Kreis , Hessen ( Germany )
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Bracht  → Kinzig  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	at Oberreichenbach 50 ° 23 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 4 ″  E
Source height	approx.  366  m above sea level NHN
muzzle	in Brachttal in the Bracht coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 13 ″  E 50 ° 18 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 13 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  158  m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 208 m
Bottom slope	approx. 18 ‰
length	11.5 km
Catchment area	52.19 km²
Left tributaries	Wälzbach , Sotzbach
Right tributaries	Rombach , Riedbach

The Reichenbach is a north and left and with 11.5 km flowing stretch the longest tributary of the Bracht in the Lower Vogelsberg in the Hessian Main-Kinzig-Kreis .

geography

course

The Reichenbach rises in the Lower Vogelsberg north-northeast of Oberreichenbach . Its source is on the southeast slope of the Great Hohberg ( 460.3  m ).

The Reichenbach flows mainly to the south-south-west. Initially it runs through Oberreichenbach and then through Unterreichenbach . From the Birstein , which then flows through , it is accompanied by the B 276 . This is where by far the longest tributary of the Reichenbach flows into the Riedbach on the right . The latter flows after the village between the mountains Kutschenstein ( 368.3  m ) and Poppenstein (approx.  380  m ) in the west and Großer Kreuzberg ( 313.7  m ) in the east. After passing the Neuhäuser Weiher , it runs through the Hellstein district, which is part of the Brachttal community .

To the south of Hellstein, the Reichenbach takes up the Sotzbach on the left , and shortly thereafter flows west of the Alsbusch mountain ( 326.7  m ) into the Bracht Kinzig tributary flowing there from the north-west . The Brachttal district of Schlierbach is located southwest of its mouth .

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  The Reichenbach (front left) flows into the Bracht (from right to back)

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  Mouth of the Riedbach (back) into the Reichenbach (from right to left)

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Reichenbach is 52.19  km² . Its tributaries include (viewed downstream):

Surname	page	Length ( km )	Source	Muzzle	Mouth ( location )	Stat. ( km )	EZG ( km² )	GKZ
			height ( m above sea  level )
Walzbach (Walzbach)	Left	1.7	390	304	Unterreichenbach (i)	8.70		247846-14
Rombach	right	2.6	374	291	Unterreichenbach (u)	8th0		247846-32
Walzbach	Left	0.9	314	260	Birstein (i)	6.150		247846-34
Riedbach	right	12	469	248	Birstein (i)	5.550	020.52	247846-4
Bach in the Unterberger Grund	right	1.3	317	236	Birstein (u)	4.550
Sotzbach	Left	7th	348	161	Hellstein (u)	0.550	013.69	247846-6
Abbreviations (position) :     i  = im, u  = below the muzzle

Flood protection

A flood retention basin was planned near Hellstein for flood protection on the lower reaches of the Reichenbach and the villages on the Bracht and Kinzig . The basin with a storage volume of 1.47 million cubic meters would have cost at least 19.25 million euros. However, due to the expected massive ecological intervention, it did not go beyond the planning status.

Web links

Commons : Reichenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
3. ↑ Stat. = Water stationing
4. ↑ orifice layer (at / near) the tributaries flowing water according to the chainage of the Reichenbach according waters mapping service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Change, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( Notices )
5. ↑ Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
6. ↑ For a better overview and sorting downstream, a hyphen is inserted for each river in the water code number (GKZ) after the number “247846”, which stands for the Reichenbach .
7. ↑ More space for the water , from August 14, 2010, accessed on September 14, 2016, at op-online.de
8. ↑ Project “died” at Hellstein  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in six million euros for a new flood dam , from May 24, 2013, accessed on September 14, 2016, from wasserverband-kinzig.de (PDF; 612.63 kB)