Steinbach (Odenbach)

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Steinbach
Data
Water code DE : 254682
location Saar-Nahe-Bergland

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Odenbach  → Glan  → Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source between Heimkirchen - Holbornerhof and Heiligenmoschel
49 ° 33 ′ 37 ″  N , 7 ° 43 ′ 55 ″  E
Source height 390.8  m above sea level NHN
muzzle In Niederkirchen from the right in the Odenbach Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 40 "  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 44"  E 49 ° 34 ′ 40 "  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 44"  E
Mouth height approx.  252  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 138.8 m
Bottom slope approx. 33 ‰
length 4.2 km
Catchment area 9.856 km²

The Steinbach is a good four-kilometer orographic right tributary of Odenbaches in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Kaiserslautern in the area of the municipality Otterbach Otter Mountain belong to local community Niederkirchen .

geography

course

The Steinbach rises at an altitude of 390.8  m above sea level. NHN in between the Niederkirchener local district home churches belonging living space Holbornerhof the west and the local community Heiligenmoschel in the southeast lying corridor In Franzoseneck . Its source lies within the Heimkirchen district in an agricultural zone at the northern foot of the Reiserberg ( 460  m ) and at the northeastern foot of the Galgen hill ( 444  m ) directly on the parish boundary between Niederkirchen and Heiligenmoschel.

The stream initially flows accompanied by small trees at a distance of about 40 m from the municipality boundary almost half a kilometer in a north-easterly direction through a protected biotope with a narrow strip of wet grassland, which is bordered by farmland, at the north-western foot of the Buchborn ( 414.7  m ), the North spur of the Reiserberg, and then aligns its course to the north. There the wet meadows and fallow meadows have expanded considerably. About 250 m down the stream, it is fed by the small Gehlbach near a fish pond on its left .

Still accompanied by strong woodland suitable for the location, the stream now runs in a west-north-westerly direction, initially about 250 m through fields. Then his bed borders on intensively used grassland on the left and a small hillside forest on the right. About 70 m southwest of Kreisstraße 32 , which will now accompany him to Heimkirchen, the Nedinger Bach coming from the northeast flows towards him on his right . The Steinbach then flows south along a mixed oak forest that is under nature conservation and then reaches the southern tip of the village of Heimkirchen, where it is strengthened on its left by the Holborn Bach coming from the south .

The Steinbach now runs west of the houses-lined Brunnenstrasse ( K 31 ) on the outskirts of the village. In the center of the village, the Bornbach flowing in from the northeast joins on the left . The Steinbach then, accompanied by heavy vegetation, moves through a green zone between the northern slope of a hill covered with a protected orchard and the southern edge of the village. At the Flur Am Hahneberg , he changes the boundary from Heimkirchen to Niederkirchen. It is fed in the corridor Am Bächel on its right side by the Elsbach coming from the north-northeast .

The Steinbach continues, lined with bushes and trees, south of Heimkircher Straße (K 31) through the meadows of the Flur Am Bächel along the edge of the settlement area of ​​the community of Niederkirchen. It then disappears underground, piped up, and finally, after a run of about 4.2 km south of state road 382 (valley road), it flows underground at a height of 252  m about 40 m east of the town hall and a good 20 m north of the confluence of the hamlet of right into the Odenbach coming from the south .

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the Steinbach lies within the parish of Niederkirchen and has a size of 9.9 km². In the upper reaches it belongs to the natural area Lichtenberg mountain ridge and in the mouth area to the Moschel heights . Both natural areas are sub-groupings of the North Palatinate Bergland and thus part of the Saar-Nahe Bergland .

The highest elevation of the catchment area is the Reiserberg in the south of the source area with a height of 460  m .

Other notable hills are the Sternberg ( 455.3  m ) in the Sternwald , the Galgen hill ( 444  m ), southeast of the Holborner Hof, the Rothenberg ( 441.8  m ), southwest of Seelen , the Pfaffenkopf ( 441.6  m ), southwest of the Karlshöhe, the Gemeindeberg ( 436.1  m ), the Steinkopf ( 429  m ), northeast of the Frankenhof, the Elkenkopf ( 426.8  m ), southwest of the Holborner Hof, the Heimkirchen Berg ( 424  m ), northwest of Heiligenmoschel, the Hesselberg ( 413.1  m ) south of Reichsthal and the Eulenberg ( 396  m ), north of the Amoshof.

The area of ​​the Steinbach borders in the northwest on the catchment area of ​​the small Oderbach tributary Kohlgraben and in the north the Nussbach , the longest tributary of the Odenbach, competes . In the east, its catchment area is bounded by the Moschel and its tributaries, the Messersbach and Pfaffenbach, and in the south by the Odenbach tributaries Kirschgraben , Sellbach and Baierbach .

Most of its catchment area is characterized by sandy - loamy fields and meadows. The slopes of the hills are partly covered with forest. In the catchment area of ​​the Steinbach in the east lies the hamlet of Karlshöhe, which belongs to the Heimkirchen district, and the Frankenhof, which belongs to the local community of Heiligenmoschel. In the south, the village of Holbornerhof, which is also in the Heimkirchen district, and to the north-west of it, the Amoshof. The village of Heimkirchen is located at the lower reaches of the stream and the local community of Niederkirchen in its mouth.

Tributaries

In the following, the tributaries of the Steinbach are listed in the order from the source to the mouth, which are managed by the Rhineland-Palatinate water management authority. In each case, the orographic position of the mouth, the length, the size of the catchment area, the altitude of the mouth and the river code are given.

Tributaries of the Steinbach
Surname

location Length
in km 		EZG
in km² 		Mouth Mouth height
in m above sea level NHN 		GKZ


Gehlbach

right 000.3000 0000.0000 west of Heiligenmoschel -Frankenhof 35700000 254682- ??
Nedinger Bach

right 001.1000 0000.9000 east-southeast of Niederkirchen - Heimkirchen 33100000 254682-12
Holborn Bach

Left0 000.9000 0001.5000 south of Heimkirchen 29300000 254686-14
Bornbach

right 001.7000 0002.0000 in Heimkirchen 28000000 254686-2
Elsbach

right 001.7000 0001.9000 in Niederkirchen 26400000 254686-92

Notes on the table

  1. ↑ Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands uniformly for the Steinbach receiving water shared by all .

Data

The Steinbach drains over the Odenbach , Glan , Nahe and Rhine into the North Sea . The difference in altitude from its source to its mouth is 138.8 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 33.1 ‰ over a length of 4.19 km. Its catchment area, with a size of 9.856 km², contributes about 11.5% to the catchment area of ​​the Odenbach (85.956 km²).

geology

The upper reaches of the Steinbach lies in the Rotliegend of the Permocarbons in the Upper Glan subgroup . The upper part of the sediment layer consists of red, conglomerate arkose of the Oberkirchen Formation , underneath are alternating layers of gray clay , silt and sandstones . There are also tuff and limestone . The area of ​​its lower reaches is shaped by igneous rock of the Nahe subgroup of permocarbons. It get there basaltic andesite and tholeyitisches basalt rock and a gray-black, fine-grained matrix of plagioclase , some pyroxene and phenocrysts of mostly altered olivine ago.

nature and environment

Water quality and structure

The water structure of the Steinbach has changed moderately to significantly in its upper course. In the area between the confluences of the Bornbach and the Elsbach, the quality varies between strong, very strong and completely changed. At its lower reaches the changes are strong to clear and its mouth area has been completely changed.

Its water quality in the lower reaches is assessed as being less polluted (water quality class I-II).

Biotopes

The Steinbach valley is a valuable habitat for many animal and plant species. There are three species-rich and worthy of protection biotopes in it .

In the source area of ​​the Steinbach is the biotope source area of ​​the Steinbach east of Holbornerhof with the area number: BK-6412-0177-2009. The biotope is around 1.4 hectares in total. In the significant stream floodplain area, there are narrow wet meadows and fallow meadows with valuable small trees. The brook is lined with ash and sal , ash and basket willows . In the herb layer grow yellow irises , brooks , flood swaths and unnoticed hedgehog cobs as well as white ostrich and reed grasses . In the Humid Hochstaudenfluren comes Green Figwort , the Common loosestrife , the shaggy fireweed , the Common forest eaves , the True bindweed , the bittersweet nightshade , the Tonquil , the Lotus pedunculatus and Meadowsweet ago.

In the area east of Heimkirchen there is the stepping stone biotope Hang east of Heimkirchen with the area number BK-6412-0276-2009. It houses a locally significant and structurally rich slope with mixed oak forest, rock faces, orchards and hedges . In the area of ​​the shrub hedges, blackberries , mugwort and hogweed thrive in the herb layer . The sweet cherry tree and the dog rose , as well as the single hawthorn and blackthorn grow in the shrub layer . In the orchard meadows there are plum and apple trees, and down on the ground the meadow yarrow , the little marijuana , the wild carrot and the common oat thrive . On the natural silicate rocks that occur there , the white light carnation , the whirlwind , the scabiosa knapweed , the common natterkopf , the puffed cucumber , the cypress wolf milk and the mealy mullein , as well as the spring finger herb and the bitter herb grow .

The third biotope is located west of Heimkirchen and is about 9.0 hectares in size. It is called Streuobstwiesen W Heimkirchen and has the area number BK-6412-0270-2009. The orchards there, located on a northern slope, are laid out parallel to the slope and in some cases have the character of a tree hedge. These fruit trees of local importance are a structurally rich and also culturally and historically valuable habitat in which cave breeders can nest. In the orchard meadow there are pear , plum, apple and sweet cherry trees , as well as pedunculate oaks and also the blackthorn and the dog rose. Below in the herb layer grow the Pyrenean cranesbill , the Rapunzel bellflower , the common oat, the blackberry and the great nettle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b c d e GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  3. ↑ a b Name after the corridor In der Gehlbach
  4. ↑ The Steinbach with partial catchment areas on the GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  5. ↑ Since the stream is not listed in the GeoExplorer, the length is measured on LANIS.
  6. ↑ When GeoExplorer incorrectly as Holbor r ner Bach called
  7. ↑ When GeoExplorer as from the star Waldbach referred
  8. ↑ Soil slope , Spektrum.de
  9. ↑ Appendix to the geological overview map: Permocarbon, Rotliegend, Obere Glan subgroup of the State Office for Geology and Mining of Rhineland-Palatinate
  10. ↑ Appendix to the geological overview map: Permocarbon, magmatites of the Nahe subgroup of the State Office for Geology and Mining of Rhineland-Palatinate
  11. ↑ GeoExplorer structural quality
  12. ↑ GeoExplorer water quality
  13. ^ Osiris: Headwaters of the Steinbach east of Holbornerhof
  14. ↑ Osiris: slope east of Heimkirchen
  15. ↑ Osiris: Orchards W home churches