Waelzbach

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Waelzbach
Data
Water code DE : 24784614
location Main-Kinzig-Kreis , Darmstadt District , Hesse , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Reichenbach  → Bracht  → Kinzig  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Vogelsberg east of

Birstein - Unterreichenbach at the foot of the apple mountain
50 ° 22 ′ 23 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 41 ″  E

Source height 397  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Unterreichenbach in den Reichenbach Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '8 "  N , 9 ° 19' 23"  E 50 ° 22 '8 "  N , 9 ° 19' 23"  E
Mouth height 307  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 90 m
Bottom slope 53 ‰
length 1.7 km
Catchment area approx. 1.8 km²

The Wälzbach , also called Walzbach on the upper reaches , is a left and eastern tributary of the Reichenbach in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district, almost two kilometers long .

geography

course

The Wälzbach rises in the southern Vogelsberg at an altitude of about 397  m above sea level. NHN in a meadow east of Birstein - Unterreichenbach at the western foot of the wooded apple mountain . It initially flows in a westerly direction through the meadow corridor in the valley and is then reinforced by a meadow brook a good kilometer down the stream in the Fremeswiesen corridor on its right side. It then runs, partly underground, through the Birstein district of Unterreichenbach and finally flows out at an altitude of around 307  m above sea level. NHN from the left into the Reichenbach .

Kinzig river system

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth
  2. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  3. ↑ "Measured according to the contour line image on: Hessenviewer (Geoportal Hessen) of the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation with property mapping ( notes )