Sulzbach (Nidda)

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Sulzbach
The Sulzbach flows into the Nidda

The Sulzbach flows into the Nidda

Data
Water code DE : 24898
location Hessen , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Nidda  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Johanniswald south of Königstein - Mammolshain
50 ° 10 ′ 9 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height approx.  310  m above sea level NHN
muzzle near Frankfurt-Sossenheim in the Nidda coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  E 50 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height 93  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 217 m
Bottom slope approx. 18 ‰
length 12.1 km
Catchment area 33.327 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 33.327 km²
at the mouth
MQ
Mq
243.3 l / s
7.3 l / (s km²)

The Sulzbach ( listen ? / I ) is a good twelve kilometers long, right and geographically northern tributary of the Nidda in Hesse . Audio file / audio sample

Surname

The part of the name " Sulz " is derived from the Old High German sulza meaning salt water , brine .

geography

course

The Sulzbach rises west of the Johanniswald and south of Königstein - Mammolshain (within the district of Bad Soden ). It flows in a south-southeast direction through the Bad Soden-Altenhain district. It then crosses the cities of Bad Soden and Sulzbach (Taunus) in a south-easterly direction . Then it flows through a stretch of meadows and fields in order to reach the urban area of Frankfurt am Main after crossing under the federal highway 66 . In the area of ​​the Frankfurt-Sossenheim district , the Sulzbach flows into the Nidda on the southwestern edge of the Sossenheimer Unterfeld , immediately west of the Im Mittleren Sand housing estate .

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Sulzbach include (viewed downstream, kilometers are indicated from the mouth to the source):

Stat. in km
Surname GKZ location Length
in km
Mouth Mouth height
in m above sea level NHN
Remarks
9.4 Kahlbach 24898-14 right 0.85 bad Soden
8.8 Mailborn 24898-16 right 0.86 bad Soden
7.2 Niederdorfsbach
(main ditch)
24898-18 Left 1.95 bad Soden
3.9 Schwalbach 24898-2 Left 7.20 Sulzbach 115 Length GK 24898-2 (S. + Sauerbornsbach )
  1. Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands for the Sulzbach stream that is common to all .

Nidda river system

Localities

The villages on the Sulzbach include (viewed downstream):

Data

The upper Sulzbach is a low mountain range, rich in fine material, silicate . The catchment area of ​​the upper Sulzbach (before the tributary of the Schwalbach ) is 11.97 km² and the lower Sulzbach is an additional 11.05 km². The Sulzbach has an average discharge rate (MQ) of 243.3 l / s in its lower area .

literature

  • City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (Ed.): City waters - discover rivers, streams, oxbow lakes .
    Therein: Chapter Sulzbach, p. 83. Frankfurt 2004

Web links

Commons : Sulzbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ATKIS 1: 25,000
  2. Cadastre of existing retention areas State of Hesse: Sulzbach (table output - creation of the subsections)
  3. a b c Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  4. Modeled runoff values ​​according to the water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( notes )
  5. Marieluise Petran-Belschner: The names of the waters of the Main-Taunus area (on Historische-eschborn.de, accessed on June 6, 2014)
  6. ^ City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (ed.): The green belt leisure map . 7th edition, 2011
  7. Type 5.1: Silicate mountain streams rich in fine material. (PDF; 191 kB) Retrieved October 27, 2014 .