Walzbach (Reichenbach)

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Walzbach
Data
Water code DE : 24784634
location Main-Kinzig-Kreis , Darmstadt District , Hesse , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Reichenbach  → Bracht  → Kinzig  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Vogelsberg east of Birstein
50 ° 21 ′ 18 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height 316  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Birstein in den Reichenbach Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 46 ″  E 50 ° 21 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 46 ″  E
Mouth height 269  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 47 m
Bottom slope 52 ‰
length 900 m

The Walzbach is a nearly one kilometer long left and eastern tributary of the Reichenbach in the Hessian Main-Kinzig-Kreis .

geography

course

The Walzbach rises in the southern Vogelsberg at an altitude of about 316  m above sea level. NHN in a meadow east of Birstein . It first flows south through grassland, then curves gently to the right, then runs westwards through the eastern part of Birstein and finally flows out at an altitude of about 269  m above sea level. NHN from the left into the Reichenbach .

Kinzig river system

Individual evidence

  1. a b Google Earth
  2. Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )