Solmsbach

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Solmsbach
Bonbaden gauge

Bonbaden gauge

Data
Water code DE : 25852
location Taunus

West Hessian mountain and valley land


Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Taunus near Espa
50 ° 25 ′ 8 ″  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 16 ″  E
Source height approx.  430  m 
muzzle near Burgsolms in the Lahn coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 15 ″  E 50 ° 33 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 15 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  142  m 
Height difference approx. 288 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length 24.6 km
Catchment area 112.491 km²
Discharge at the Bonbaden
A Eo gauge : 98.6 km²
Location: 6 km above the mouth
NNQ (28-06-1976)
MNQ 1960/2008
MQ 1960/2008
Mq 1960/2008
MHQ 1960/2008
HHQ (08/11/1981)
20 l / s
99 l / s
707 l / s
7.2 l / (s km²)
11 m³ / s
45 m³ / s
Discharge  at the mouth (extrapolated)


A Eo : 112.491 km²

MNQ
MQ
Mq
MHQ
113 l / s
806 l / s
7.2 l / (s km²)
12.549 m³ / s
Left tributaries Eichelbach, Wiebelsbach, Aubach, Uthenbach, Albrechtsbach, Kirbach, Weipersgrundbach, Taumersbach
Right tributaries Hohlbach, Löllbach, Griedelbach, Diebach, Mühlbach, Quembach, Hainbach, Eubach
Small towns Braunfels , Solms
Communities Waldsolms , Schöffengrund

The Solmsbach im Taunus is a 24.6 km long, left-hand and southern tributary of the Lahn in the district of Gießen and the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse . Its catchment area is about 112.5 km².

He became the namesake of the Counts and Princely Family of Solms , whose ancestral castle once stood in Burgsolms , some villages on the brook and the Solmstalbahn that followed through its valley .

course

The Solmsbach rises in the eastern Hintertaunus . Its source is in the Taunus Nature Park on the southern outskirts of Espa , a district of the Langgöns community , at around 430  m above sea level. NN .

Initially the Solmsbach flows westwards to Weiperfelden and then in a northwesterly direction through Brandoberndorf , past Kröffelbach and through Kraftsolms ; they are all districts of the municipality of Waldsolms . Several streams flow on the left and right, for example the Eichelbach near Weiperfelden and the Aubach in Brandoberndorf.

Solmsbach near Burgsolms

Then the Solmsbach flows in a north-northwest direction, passing Niederquembach , a district of Schöffengrund , and Neukirchen , a district of Braunfels , each in the west. In the Braunfels district of Bonbaden , the brook is fed by the Hainbach , which rises near Laufdorf . Here it forms the western border of the Wetzlar Hintertaunus .

Bonbaden north of it passes through the Solmser district Oberdorf , then after flowing through the local part Solmser Burgsolms to about 142  m height in the Rhine influx Lahn to open .

Individual evidence

  1. The Solmsbach marks the border
  2. a b c Topographic map 1: 25,000
  3. a b c d Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  4. a b German Hydrological Yearbook 2008 Single sheet Bonbaden Level , Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology, accessed on January 22, 2016 (PDF, German).

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