Waldbach (Gabelbach)

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Waldbach
Oberlauf: Mangelsbach
( Historically : Wattbach )
The forest stream west of Kirchzell

The forest stream west of Kirchzell

Data
Water code DE : 247224
location Odenwald

Hesse

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Gabelbach  → Mud  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source east of Mangelsbach
49 ° 40 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 5 ′ 19 ″  E
Source height 480  m above sea level NN
muzzle near Kirchzell in den Gabelbach Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '37 "  N , 9 ° 9' 43"  E 49 ° 36 '37 "  N , 9 ° 9' 43"  E
Mouth height 200  m above sea level NN
Height difference 280 m
Bottom slope 26 ‰
length 10.6 km
Catchment area 27.3 km²
Right tributaries Heinstermühlbach

The Waldbach is a left tributary of the Gabelbach in the Hessian and Bavarian Odenwald .

geography

course

The forest creek rises as lack Bach on the border between Hesse and Bavaria east of lack Bach , a hamlet in the district of Michelstädter district Würzberg . It flows as a border stream in a south-easterly direction to the Schrahmühle . There he takes up the Wilbesbach from the right. From there on it bears the name Waldbach. It runs via Watterbach parallel to district road 7 to Kirchzell , where it joins the Gabelbach from the left at a campsite .

Tributaries

Mud river system

Web links

Commons : Waldbach (Gabelbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Original position sheet of land surveying in Bavaria: Kirchzell and the surrounding area in 1845
  2. ↑ a b c Google Earth
  3. ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )