Söterbach

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Söterbach
Data
Water code DE : 254112
location Saar-Nahe-Bergland

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
origin Confluence of Känel Bach and Krippbach in Nohfelden -Waldbach
49 ° 36 '18 "  N , 7 ° 2' 46"  O
Source height approx.  420  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at the turquoise mill from the left to the Nahe coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 46 ″  E 49 ° 34 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 46 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  380  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 40 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.7 ‰
length approx. 8.5 km
(with Känelbach 12.3 km)
Catchment area 27.71 km²

The Söterbach is about 8.5 km (by Känel Bach 12.3 km) long stream in the northeastern Saarland at the edge of the Hunsrück belonging Schwarzwalder Hochwald . It flows entirely in the St. Wendel district and is a west-north-west and left tributary of the Nahe . It has its origin in the confluence of the Känelbach and Krippbach rivers , the catchment area covers 27.71 km².

Surname

The name Söterbach is said to have developed from an ablaut variant of ancient Germanic "sauþ-a" (simmer, cook). This could refer to the foaming observed in the rapidly flowing water.

geography

Spring streams

The Känelbach is the almost 4 km long north and left source creek of the Söterbach. It is also seen by some as its upper reaches. It rises in the Black Forest high forest a good 1 km southeast of Neuhütten and joins the Nohfeldener Weiler Waldbach with the Krippbach coming from the west to the Söterbach.

The Krippbach is the 2.5 km long western and right source brook of the Söterbach. It is also seen by some as its tributary. It rises a good 1.5 km east-northeast of Otzenhausen and joins in Nohfelden-Waldbach with the Känelbach coming from the north to form the Söterbach.

course

After the union of its two source streams at an altitude of about 420  m , the Söterbach flows in a south-easterly direction through the Nohfeldener villages and districts Obersötern , Sötern and Eckelhausen . At Türkismühle it flows into the Nahe from the left at a height of less than 380  m .

Tributaries

Inflows and branches from the source to the mouth with length information in km and catchment area size in km²

  • Känelbach (left source stream), 3.8 km, 3.60 km²
  • Krippbach ( Waldbach ) (right source stream), 2.6 km, 4.52 km²
  • Kladenfloss (left), 1.7 km
  • Eisbach (left), 4.5 km, 3.72 km²
  • Feckersbach (right), 2.7 km, 2.15 km²
  • Rothenbergfloß (left), 0.7 km
  • Weidenbach (left), 1.5 km
  • Königsbach (left), 0.8 km
  • Menzweiler Bach (right), 2.6 km, 1.74 km²
  • Mannesberger Floß (left), 1.2 km
  • Grenzwiesenbach (right), 1.1 km
  • Müllersbach (right), 0.7 km
  • Teufelsgraben (right), 0.6 km
  • Baulertsrechbach (right), 0.4 km
  • Clay raft (left), 1.5 km
  • Embankment trench (right), 0.5 km
  • Raft (left), 0.9 km
  • Wackenfloß (left), 2.3 km

Flora and fauna

The Söterbach initially flows through the high forest, later through extensively used valley meadows. Willows and alders are mainly found on the bank , which are hardly used economically today.

Gray herons and mallards are the most common water birds in the Bachtal, and the dipper and kingfisher also have their habitat on the fast-flowing water.

Mills

Former mills:

  • Oberste Mühle (east of Sötern)
  • Lowest mill (north of the Söterbach bridge , A 62)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otmar Werle: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 148/149 Trier / Mettendorf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1974. →  Online map (PDF; 4.5 MB)
  2. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  3. ↑ a b GeoPortal Saarland.
  4. ↑ Self-measurement: 11.3 km.
  5. ↑ Albrecht Greule: German book of water names - Etymology of water names and the associated area, settlement and field names . De Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033859-1 , p. 504 .
  6. ↑ EZG according to the GeoPortal Saarland and the length information according to own measurements.