Schafbach (Elbbach)

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Schafbach
The Schafbach near Höhn

The Schafbach near Höhn

Data
Water code DE : 258762
location Westerwald (natural area)

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Elbbach  → Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Westerwald basalt plateau south of Höhn - Neuhochstein
50 ° 37 ′ 11 ″  N , 7 ° 56 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height 477  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at the hammer mill south of Gemünden in the Elbbach Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 53 ″  E 50 ° 32 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 53 ″  E
Mouth height 238  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 239 m
Bottom slope 18 ‰
length 13.6 km
Catchment area 46.682 km²

The Schafbach is about thirteen and a half kilometers long left tributary of the Elbbach in the Westerwald . Until 1270 the brook was called Hene , from which the place name Höhn is derived.

geography

course

The Schafbach arises in a meadow landscape from two spring branches in the Westerwald basalt plateau south of Höhn - Neuhochstein . The stream initially flows in a south-westerly direction along the northern edge of a forest . After leaving the forest, it is fed by the Schönberger Bach . It passes under the B 255 and then moves south through a wooded area. It then flows past the Ahlsberg to the left and is reinforced shortly afterwards on its right by the Walzenbach and immediately afterwards on the left by the Binnbach . To the north of Halbs the stream flows from the Heerstrut to him. The Schafbach makes a wide arc around Halbs and then disappears piped into the underground, only to reappear about 200 meters north of Hergenroth . It passes the village and is fed a little later by the Seebach . After about 400 meters, a mill ditch branches off the stream , which used to be used by the Klöcknersmühle . The Schafbach now reaches the northern edge of Westerburg , where it reunites with the Mühlgraben. The Hülsbach falls to it near the market square in Westerburg . Its direction of flow is now the southeast. He leaves the local area, he turns abruptly to the east and flows along the southern edge of the city. After a good 900 meters, it changes to the southeast, passes a forest and then crosses under the L 288 . It now moves through a landscape of fields and meadows and flows, lined with trees, past the stone bridge mill and the Jeremiah mill. From there it runs about 600 meters parallel to the Elbbach , into which it finally flows at the hammer mill .

Tributaries

Surname GKZ location Length
in km 		EZG
in km²
Schoenberger Bach 25876212 Left0 001.0000 0001.4280
Walzenbach 2587622 right 001.5000 0002,2980
Binnbach Left0 001.6000
Bach vom Heerstrut 2587624 right 001.1000 0000.9750
Seebach 2587626 Left0 007.4000 0018,1320
Hülsbach 2587628 right 003.4000 0005.9840

Elbbach river system

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 Map service of the Geoportal Wasser Rheinland-Pfalz
  3. ^ Karl Kessler, Wolfgang Reinhardt: Great Westerwaldführer . Ed .: Hermann-Josef Hucke [editor]. 3. Edition. Verlag Westerwald-Verein eV, Montabaur 1991, ISBN 3-921548-04-7 , p. 108-109 .
  4. ^ City map service