Seltenbach (Eisbach)

Seltenbach
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Water code	DE : 239184
location	Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Palatinate Forest
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Eisbach  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	on the Kleiner Donnersberg at Nackterhof 49 ° 31 ′ 54 ″  N , 8 ° 5 ′ 20 ″  E
Source height	approx.  282  m above sea level NHN
muzzle	in Ebertsheim from the right in the Eisbach Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '3 "  N , 8 ° 6' 50"  E 49 ° 34 '3 "  N , 8 ° 6' 50"  E
Mouth height	approx.  160  m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 122 m
Bottom slope	approx. 23 ‰
length	5.4 km
Catchment area	15.833 km²
Small towns	Eisenberg (Palatinate)
Communities	Hettenleidelheim , Ebertsheim

The Seltenbach is a 5.4 km long stream and a right tributary of the Eisbach in the north-eastern Palatinate Forest ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).

course

The Seltenbach rises at about 282  m above sea level. NHN northwest of the hamlet of Nackterhof belonging to the local community Neuleiningen . The spring on the north-western slope of a 320  m high hill, called Kleiner Donnersberg , lies within the boundaries of the local community of Hettenleidelheim . First, the stream flows in a north-north-westerly direction along the federal highway 47 and touches the eastern edge of the residential development in Hettenleidelheim, before it bends northeast over a short stretch in the area of ​​the town of Eisenberg east of the Erdekaut . On its further course it gets closer and closer to the Eisbach and finally passes the southeast part of Ebertsheim . To the east of the residential development of this community , the Seltenbach flows into the Eisbach from the right at a height of about 160  m . A few meters below opposite are the mouths of the Rodenbach and the Quirnheimer Bach .

The Ebertsheim – Hettenleidelheim railway used to run parallel to the stream between Ebertsheim and Hettenleidelheim .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Topographic map 1: 25,000
2. ↑ ^{a b} GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )