Sayn (river)

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Sayn / Saynbach
The Sayn between Zürbach and Maxsain

The Sayn between Zürbach and Maxsain

Data
Water code EN : 2712
location Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine  → North Sea
source In Himburg in Oberwesterwald
50 ° 34 '14 "  N , 7 ° 52' 14"  O
Source height 430  m
muzzle In Bendorf in the Rhine Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 7 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 27 ″  E 50 ° 25 ′ 7 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 27 ″  E
Mouth height 70  m
Height difference 360 m
Bottom slope 8.4 ‰
length 42.7 km
Catchment area 222.348 km²

The Sayn (often also called Saynbach ) is a small river almost 43 km long in the south of the Westerwald , which rises near Himburg in the Oberwesterwald and flows into the Rhine in Bendorf (between the cities of Koblenz and Neuwied ) .

course

In the headwaters of the Sayn

The water runs entirely in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate , its headwaters lie between the villages of Wölferlingen , Bellingen , Langenhahn and Himburg at around 450  m above sea level. NN in a wooded area north of the whetstone. The Wölferlinger Weiher is often wrongly stated as the source, but only the Saynbach flows through it. The lower course of the river forms approximately the southern border of the Rhine-Westerwald nature park and also touches the Hüttenweiher nature reserve . In this area of ​​the Sayntal there are several ponds that were placed under landscape protection by the Prussian government at the turn of the century .

traffic

Once a year, usually in June, the Sayntal (or Saynbachtal) from Selters (Westerwald) via Isenburg to Bendorf- Sayn is closed to motorized vehicles and used by cyclists on this day. In general, the Sayntal is very suitable for recreational cyclists due to its even and low gradient.

places

The most important places on the middle and lower reaches of the Sayn are (downstream):

Tributaries

In addition to the Saynbach, there is also the Kleiner Saynbach , which rises near Obersayn (Rothenbach municipality), flows through Arnshöfen , Kuhnhöfen , Niedersayn , Helferskirchen- Niederdorf, Quirnbach , Vielbach , Nordhofen and Oberhaid and flows into the “Großer” Saynbach in Ellenhausen from the left .

Mills on the Saynbach

In the 19th century the Sayntal was opened up by a road. Since the Saynbach had a great gradient, mills were built there. There were 17 in total. In Sayn there were the Rote Mühle and the Wolfsmühle. Following the course of the stream stood the Peter Kretzer mill, which was built by Johann Kretzer in 1840. Kretzer came from a Vallendar miller family who practiced the miller's trade as early as the 13th century. This mill operated until 1924. The next mill is the Bemb mill, which was built in 1844 by Jakob Queng. In 1929 Jean Bemb bought the mill, which he operated until 1953. The largest mill is 100 meters upstream; it was built in 1842 by a certain Schröder, later sold to Johann Kretzer and operated by his children until 1914. The mill wheel had a diameter of 7.80 m and a width of 1.80 m.

The next mill, the Lindenhof, also known as Hartmanns Mühle, did not serve as a mill for long, it was acquired in 1886 by the Krupp, Essen company, which bred dogs there. The Lachnit mill from 1835 is located where the road crosses the Saynbach. In 1868 Jakob Kretzer bought the property, which was sold to Wilhelm Lachnit in 1898. Behind the Saynbrücke was the Schröders mill, which was in operation until 1929 under changing owners. In Isenburg there were four mills, the Schneiders Mühle, the Schnats Mühle, the Siegel's Mühle and the Nolls Mühle. The Witsch mill was on the Wibbelsbach. Opposite the Isenburg School was the Bannmühle. In Ommelsbach there was the Kettemersmühle and the Ommelsbacher Mühle and in Kausen the Bannmühle. Some of these mill buildings still exist, but they are used for other purposes.

Web links

Commons : Sayn (river)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home calendar for the Neuwied district, 1959. Die Mühlen im Sayntal, pp. 81–83, author Willibald Luchs