Adenauer Bach

Adenauer Bach
Location Eifel

Rhineland-Palatinate

Ahrweiler
Reference no. DE: 27186
Length 15.719 km [1]
Source South of Quiddelbach
50°20′34″N 6°56′06″E / 50.34275°N 6.935135°E / 50.34275; 6.935135Coordinates: 50°20′34″N 6°56′06″E / 50.34275°N 6.935135°E / 50.34275; 6.935135
Source height ca. 533 m above sea level (NHN)
Mouth Near Dümpelfeld into the Ahr
50°26′42″N 6°56′05″E / 50.444957°N 6.934638°E / 50.444957; 6.934638
Mouth height ca. 209 m above sea level (NHN)
Descent ca. 324 m
Basin Rhine
Progression Ahr Rhine North Sea
Catchment 58.467 km² [1]
Small towns Adenau
Villages Quiddelbach, Leimbach, Dümpelfeld

The Adenauer Bach is a right-hand, southern tributary of the Ahr, just under 16 kilometres long. It flows through Adenau in the county of Ahrweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Geography

Course

In its upper reaches the Adenauer Bach is known as the Breidscheider Bach[1] and it rises about a kilometre south of Quiddelbach at an elevation of ca. 533 m above sea level (NHN). It flows in a northeasterly direction to Breidscheid on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring motor racing track. From there it bears the name of Adenauer Bach.[A 1] It then flows in a westerly direction, mostly in pipes, through the town of Adenau and then heads north, passing the villages of Leimbach and Niederadenau (part of Dümpelfeld). In Dümpelfeld[2] it discharges from the right into the Rhine tributary, the Ahr at about 209 m.

Catchment and tributaries

The catchment area is 58.5 km²[1] and drains via the Ahr and Rhine into the North Sea.

Among the tributaries of the Adenauer Bach are the following (in downstream order):[1]

Name GKZ Length
(km)
Direction Alternative name Location
Quiddelbach rechts
Lochertsbach 2718612 3.5 rechts Herschbroicherbach Breidscheid
Elmigsbach 2718614 2.5 links Stream from the Grippenhardt Breidscheid
Exbach 271862 4,2 rechts Adenau
Mittelbach rechts Adenau
Näsbach 27186312 1.5 rechts Naßbach Adenau
Kallenbach links Adenau
Wimbach 2718632 2.0 links Adenau
Krekelbach 27186392 2.1 links Adenau
Drasselbach 27186394 0.9 rechts
Leimbach 271864 3.1 links Reifferscheiderbach
Birkenbach links Leimbach
Gilgenbach 271866 4.7 rechts Leimbach
Sengenbach links Leimbach
Birnbach 271868 2.9 rechts
Niederadenauer Bach 2718692 1.4 rechts Pinselseifen Niederadenau
Stemmbach rechts

Remarks

  1. Because the name change is associated with its confluence with the Elmigsbach, in most publications it is also referred to as the left-hand, and western headstream, while the Breidscheider Bach is seen as the right-hand and eastern headstream. In this article the Breidscheider Bach is viewed as the upper reaches of the river, in order to enable the use of all data from the Geoexplorer of Rhineland-Palatinate's Water Management Administration (e. g. the length of the river).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz) (retrieved 8 November 2013)
  2. Landscape fact file (landscape area) of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)

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