Schwingbach

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Schwingbach
Catchment area of ​​the Kleebach with Schwingbach

Catchment area of ​​the Kleebach with Schwingbach

Data
Water code DE : 2583964
location Hessen ; Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Kleebach  → Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Hintertaunus southwest of the village of Vollnkirchen near the Napoleonsstock
muzzle in Hüttenberg in den Kleebach Coordinates: 50 ° 30 '59 "  N , 8 ° 37' 40"  E 50 ° 30 '59 "  N , 8 ° 37' 40"  E

length 10.9 km
Catchment area 25 km²
Source of the Schwingbach in a meadow

Source of the Schwingbach in a meadow

The Schwingbach is km in length of 10.9 and a catchment area of 25 square kilometers is the largest left-side tributary of Klee Bach in Hesse .

The Schwingbach rises in the Hintertaunus south-west of the village of Vollnkirchen near the Napoleonsstock. It flows through the towns of Volpertshausen, Weidenhausen, Kleinrechtebach and Hüttenberg one after the other , where it flows into the Kleebach. In Hüttenberg it forms roughly the border between the two unofficial districts of Hochelheim and Hörnsheim.

He was the namesake of the community of the same name, which existed from 1971 to 1977, which consisted of Vollnkirchen, Weidenhausen, Kleinrechtebach and Großrechtebach and was integrated into the large community of Hüttenberg in 1977 . The Schwingbach comprehensive school in Großrechtebach, which was built in 1971 and replaced the older schools in the individual districts as a middle point school, is also named after him.

In 2007 and 2009 fish died in the lower Schwingbach for reasons that were not fully understood.

Tributaries

  • Herbentalgraben ( left )
  • Ulgebach ( left )
  • Vollnkirchener Bach (Geschwindbach) ( right )
  • Bubentalbach ( left )
  • Großrechtebach ( left )
  • Altengrundbach ( right )
  • Lorschbach ( right )

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )