Wahbach

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Wahbach
Wabach
Data
Water code DE : 2581312
location Rothaar Mountains

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Rothaargebirge on the Spreitzkopf
50 ° 53 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 1 ″  E
Source height approx.  530  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Bad Laasphe in the Lahn coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 22 "  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 30"  E 50 ° 55 ′ 22 "  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 30"  E
Mouth height approx.  325  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 205 m
Bottom slope approx. 45 ‰
length 4.5 km
Catchment area 5.588 km²

The Wahbach , also called Wabach , is a 4.5 km long, southwest and orographically right tributary of the Lahn in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein .

geography

course

The Wahbach rises in the Rothaar Mountains on the northeast slope of the Spreitzkopf ( 627  m ). The sources of its two spring rivulets are each around 530  m above sea level. NHN ; the western trickle is about 150 m and the eastern one about 100 m long. They unite 1.5 km northeast of the Bad Laaspher district of Hesselbach , 600 m southeast of the summit of the Spreitzkopf and 1.2 km southeast of that of the Großer Ahlertsberg ; 2.9 km east of the confluence in the neighboring state of Hesse is the Breidenbach district of Wiesenbach, which is located away from the stream .

The Wahbach flows several kilometers to just above Bad Laasphe through the eponymous nature reserve Wahbachtal  - initially on its border. It runs in a predominantly northeastern direction. Then he reaches the Bad Laaspher city center, where he passes the Wahbachstadion and Wahbachbad named after him .

The Wahbach flows for the last few meters in the municipal sewer system before it flows into the Rhine tributary Lahn coming from the east in Bad Laasphe at around 325  m above sea level - a few meters west above the bridge of Kreisstraße  36 over the Lahn.

Natural allocation

The Wahbach flows in the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33) and in the main unit Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland ) (333) through the subunit Südwittgensteiner Bergland ( Wittgensteiner Lahnbergland ; 333.2). Its mouth lies in the sub-unit Upper Lahn Valley (320.2), which is part of the main unit group Westerwald (32) to the main unit Gladenbacher Bergland (320).

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Wahbach is 5.588 km² and mostly forested. The largest tributary of the Wahbach is the Great Gennernbach .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  2. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  3. ↑ Confluence height: estimated value based on the German base map on Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information ), because the exact position of the mouth below the recorded 330 m contour line is unclear
  4. ↑ a b c d Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  5. ^ Gerhard Sandner: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 125 Marburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1960. →  Online map (PDF; 4.9 MB)