Wurzbach (Blies)

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Wurzbach
The Niederwürzbacher Weiher

The Niederwürzbacher Weiher

Data
Water code DE : 26428
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Blies  → Saar  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source At the St. Ingberter district Reichenbrunn
49 ° 15 '16 "  N , 7 ° 7' 17"  E
Source height 275  m above sea level NHN
muzzle In the Blieskastler district of Lautzkirchen in the Blies coordinates: 49 ° 14 '47 "  N , 7 ° 15' 58"  E 49 ° 14 '47 "  N , 7 ° 15' 58"  E
Mouth height 215  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 60 m
Bottom slope 4.8 ‰
length 12.5 km
Catchment area 55.5 km²
Left tributaries Stockweiherbach , Geißbach , Kirkeler Bach
Right tributaries Landscheider Bach, Alschbach
Reservoirs flowed through Niederwürzbacher Weiher
Medium-sized cities St. Ingbert , Blieskastel

The Würzbach is a twelve-kilometer long stream in the Saarland , which flows into the Blies as a tributary on the right in the Blieskastler district of Lautzkirchen .

geography

course

The Würzbach rises near the St. Ingberter district Reichenbrunn , where it takes the water from several spring branches (Kurztalbach, Langentalbach). Then it flows through the St. Ingbert district of Oberwürzbach and the district of Rittersmühle , then it crosses the Blieskasteler district of Niederwürzbach , the district of Breitermühle and the district of Lautzkirchen .

The Würzbach is a good twelve kilometers long and has a total gradient of 60 meters in altitude . He is the namesake for the towns of Oberwürzbach and Niederwürzbach. In addition to the Geißbach , the Würzbach is one of the two feeding streams of the Niederwürzbacher Weiher .

Tributaries

  • Reichenbrunnerbach ( left ), 0.5 km (with Langentalbach 1.1 km)
  • Ettentalbach ( left ), 1.3 km
  • Ettentalbach ( left ), 1.0 km
  • Stockweiherbach ( left ), 3.0 km
  • Geißbach ("Frohnsbach") ( left ), 3.0 km
  • Annahofbach ( left ), 0.3 km
  • Landscheider Bach ( right ), 3.0 km
  • Kirkelertalbach ( left ), 1.5 miles
  • Bornbach ( left ), 2.3 km
  • (Stream from the) Kitterlichsklamm ( left ), 0.7 km
  • Alschbach ( right ), 1.8 km (with Langentalergraben 4.6 km)
  • Kirkeler Bach ( left ), 6.8 km

Niederwürzbacher Weiher

The Niederwürzbacher Weiher is a 12 hectare reservoir.

Nature reserve

In the field of Ritter valley between Oberwürzbach and L 111 between Hassel and Niederwürzbach an approximately 18 ha large protected area reported. The following are mentioned as the protective purpose:

"The protection purpose is the preservation, promotion and development of a near-natural section of the Würzbachtal with large sedge meadows, reed beds, tall herbaceous meadows, willow bushes, valley meadows and small bodies of water, as well as the adjacent hillside forest [...]"

- Ministry of Justice (Saarland)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Geoportal Saarland
  2. ↑ Upper course
  3. ^ Ordinance on the "Ritterstal" nature reserve. Retrieved April 16, 2015 .