Wörsbach (Emsbach)

Worsbach
Wörsbach in the center of Dauborn
Data
Water code	DE : 258748
location	Taunus Idstein Valley Idstein reason Western Hintertaunus Eastern Aartaunus Giessen-Koblenz Lahntal Limburg Basin Kirberg hill country Germany Hesse Rheingau-Taunus district Limburg-Weilburg district
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Emsbach  → Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	south of Idstein im Taunus , on the southern edge of the Idsteiner Senke, near the federal motorway 3 50 ° 11 ′ 23 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 11 ″  E
Source height	340  m above sea level NN
muzzle	in Niederbruch in the Emsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '44 "  N , 8 ° 9' 9"  E 50 ° 21 '44 "  N , 8 ° 9' 9"  E
Mouth height	140  m above sea level NN
Height difference	200 m
Bottom slope	8.2 ‰
length	24.5 km
Catchment area	118.66 km²
Discharge A Eo : 118.66 km² at the mouth	MQ Mq	590.4 l / s 5 l / (s km²)
The Wörsbachtalbrücke the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine / Main spans the Wörsbachtal in the municipality of breaking. The A3 in the background on the right .

The Wörsbach im Taunus is a 24.5 km long, left-hand and western tributary of the Emsbach ; it flows through the Hessian districts Rheingau-Taunus and Limburg-Weilburg . The Wörsbach is a silicate low mountain range and is a second order water in the lower reaches and a III water in the upper reaches. Order. In addition to its receiving water Emsbach , the Wörsbach is the main river of the Idsteiner Senke .

geography

course

The Wörsbach rises near the town of Idstein at an altitude of 340  m above sea level. NHN . The source area is placed under nature protection as an alder swamp in Gerloh near Idstein .

The Wörsbach flows through the city Idstein, Idstein the district Wörsdorf , Hünstetten - Wall Rabenstein , Gnadenthal Monastery , Hünfelden - Dauborn and Brechen- Werschau .

It finally flows into Brechen - Niederbruch ( Limburg-Weilburg district ) at an altitude of 140  m above sea level. NHN from the left into the Emsbach .

The approximately 24.5 km long course of the Wörsbach ends about 200 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of about 8.2 ‰.

Catchment area

The 118.8 km² catchment area of ​​the Wörsbach lies in the Taunus and Limburg basins . It is drained through it over the Emsbach, the Lahn and the Rhine to the North Sea.

It borders

• in the east to the catchment area of ​​the Emsbach
• in the southeast and south by the Black Bach , who in the Main empties
• and to the west of the Aar , which flows into the Lahn.

Tributaries

• Wolfsbach ( right ), 4.1 km
• Itzbach ( left ), 1.0 km
• Reiss-Graben ( right ), 0.5 km
• Fels-Graben ( right ), 0.6 km
• Kesselbach ( left ), 6.5 km
• Langenbach ( left ), 1.0 km
• Hahnbach ( left ), 2.3 km
• Schornbach ( left ), 4.3 km
• Gebückgraben ( left ), 1.0 km
• Spindelbach ( Stinkerbach ) ( left ), 1.7 km (with Sintersbach 5.3 km)
• Neesbach ( left ), 3.0 km

Hydraulic structures

bridges

In its course, the Wörsbach is crossed by a large number of bridges. Two bridges are listed in the Dauborn area. On the outskirts is the bridge of the Alte Selterser Straße . The round arch bridge on the former road to Niederselters is slightly rising towards the middle, made of small quarry stone blocks and provided with a plate crown and dates from the middle of the 19th century. Outside the village is the bridge at the Bruchmühle. It is one of the last dirt road bridges made of brick and broken stone. On the bridge, a small, recessed plaque shows the year and a Dauborn “schnapps drinker” as a folksy, humorous scratch drawing.

The Wörsbachtalbrücke the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine / Main spans the Wörsbachtal in the municipality of breaking.

Mills

The water of the Wörsbach used to drive many water mills. The Engelsmühle between Wallrabenstein and Beuerbach is a separate mill building. The single-storey half-timbered building from the 19th century was put down a few years ago and rebuilt in the same form. The grinder was previously completely preserved in the high, massive basement. The complex consists of a simple house with a gable roof and a central dwelling and a small half-timbered annex building at right angles.

The Bruchmühle , a four-sided mill yard from 1843 near Dauborn, is the last small plant in the district that is still in operation.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
2. ↑ According to the retention cadastre 117.86 km²
3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Type 5: Silicate low mountain range streams (PDF; 141 kB)
4. ^ At the city ​​map service : Auroffer Bach
5. ↑ at the city map service: Gebückgraben
6. ↑ for WFD
7. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Bridge on the old Selterser Strasse In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
8. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Brücke an der Bruchmühle In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
9. ↑ Engelsmühle ( Memento from October 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse via Internet Archive
10. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Bruchmühle In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse

Web links

Commons : Wörsbach (Emsbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology: retention cadastre, Wörsbach river basin - river basin code number: 258748 (PDF; 4.50 MB) ( Notes )