Walluf (river)

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Walluf
The Walluf in the center of Martinsthal in the Rheingau

The Walluf in the center of Martinsthal in the Rheingau

Data
Water code EN : 2514
location Hessen , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine  → North Sea
source 350 m southwest of Bärstadt,
50 ° 5 ′ 52 ″  N , 8 ° 4 ′ 10 ″  E
Source height 428  m above sea level NN 
muzzle in the local area of ​​Niederwalluf in the Rhine at river kilometer 508 coordinates: 50 ° 2 '5 "  N , 8 ° 9' 47"  E 50 ° 2 '5 "  N , 8 ° 9' 47"  E
Mouth height 80.5  m above sea level NN 
Height difference 347.5 m
Bottom slope 25 ‰
length 13.7 km
Catchment area 28.1 km²
Drain MQ
 185.5 l / s
Small towns Eltville on the Rhine
Communities Schlangenbad , Walluf

The Walluf (also "Wallufbach", formerly also "Waldaffa") is a 13.7 kilometer long right tributary of the Rhine in the Rheingau-Taunus district .

course

It has its origin in the High Taunus above Bärstadt . It flows from there in an easterly direction to Wambach , then turns south and cuts, accompanied by high mountain slopes, between Schlangenbad and Georgenborn the Taunus main ridge . The Rechtebach now flows in from the left, just above the mouth there is the Rechtebachtal nature reserve near Georgenborn . At Eltville - Martinsthal it reaches the Rheingau , then flows through the Wallufer district of Oberwalluf and flows into the Rhine at Niederwalluf . In the Middle Ages, the brook was the border between the Rheingau and the Königssondergau . The border on the west bank was secured for centuries by the Rheingau Gebück .

Geography and traffic

The Walluf still has a border function today, in a natural spatial sense: its valley, cut deep into the Hohe Taunus , separates the Rheingau mountains in the west from the Wiesbaden Taunus ridge in the east. In the Walluftal the federal highway 260 runs as one of the main traffic connections through the Taunus between Rhine and Lahn .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Topographic map 1: 25,000 and WFD database

Web links

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