Welzbach (Rhine)

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Welzbach
Data
Water code EN : 2536
location Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rheinhessen
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine  → North Sea
source in Ober-Hilbersheim
49 ° 53 ′ 58 ″  N , 8 ° 1 ′ 29 ″  E
Source height 223  m above sea level NHN
muzzle between Sporkenheim and Bingen-Gaulsheim from the left in the Rhine Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '34 "  N , 7 ° 58' 48"  E 49 ° 58 '34 "  N , 7 ° 58' 48"  E
Mouth height 80  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 143 m
Bottom slope 11 ‰
length 12.7 km
Catchment area 37.756 km²

The Welzbach is a 12.7 km long brook and a left tributary of the Rhine in northern Rheinhessen ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).

course

The Welzbach rises north of the cemetery in the west of Ober-Hilbersheim , which it then flows through like the three other Welzbachtal communities Nieder-Hilbersheim , Appenheim and Gau-Algesheim . The brook flows into the Rhine between Sporkenheim and Bingen-Gaulsheim .

Tributaries

The following tributaries of the Welzbach are recorded with waterway indicators:

Surname page Length
[km] 		EZG
[km²] 		Mouth
on km from the source 		Mouth GKZ
Espring Left 1.2 3.7 0.92 between Ober- and Nieder-Hilbersheim 25362
Wethbach Left 2.6 3.7 4.64 on the south-eastern outskirts of Appenheim 25364
Dünbach Left 3.3 3.4 5.89 between Appenheim and Gau-Algesheim 25366
Eckelsbach Left 2.5 2.5 6.53 south of Gau-Algesheim 25368
Mill moat right 1.4 0.7 7.12 south of Gau-Algesheim 253692
Hungerbach Left 0.4 0.7 9.62 northwest of Gau-Algesheim 253694

history

Plan of Gau-Algesheim by Gottfried Mascop. Below the Welzbach.

In the city map of Gau-Algesheim , which Gottfried Mascop drew in his atlas of the offices of Olm, Algesheim and Bingen am Rhein on the left bank of the Rhine in 1577 , the Welzbach is referred to as the weltzer dreck fluvius .

Until the beginning of the 19th century, the water of the Welzbach fed several mills . Today the stream is accompanied by a developed, largely paved bike path .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b c GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  3. ↑ Note: Lengths of Espring, Wethbach, Dünbach and Eckelsbach from the "Water network 2017" level, remaining figures from the "Water catchment areas" level.