Wurzbach (Blies)
Wurzbach | ||
The Niederwürzbacher Weiher |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 [...]"
Web links
- Aquatic directory of the Blies (PDF; 178 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Geoportal Saarland
- ↑ Upper course
- ^ Ordinance on the "Ritterstal" nature reserve. Retrieved April 16, 2015 .