Helmbach (Speyerbach)

Helmbach
The Helmbachweiher
Location Palatine Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Reference no. DE: 23782
Length 11.05 km [1]
Source near Forsthaus Taubensuhl
49°17′40″N 7°54′05″E / 49.2943500°N 7.9012806°E / 49.2943500; 7.9012806Coordinates: 49°17′40″N 7°54′05″E / 49.2943500°N 7.9012806°E / 49.2943500; 7.9012806
Source height ca. 394 m above sea level (NN) [2]
Mouth Near Helmbach into the Speyerbach
49°20′36″N 7°59′09″E / 49.3432000°N 7.9858167°E / 49.3432000; 7.9858167
Mouth height ca. 201 m above sea level (NN) [2]
Descent ca. 193 m
Basin Rhine
Progression Speyerbach → Rhine → North Sea
Catchment 53.569 km² [1]
Right tributaries Grobsbach, Kohlbach
Left tributaries Blattbach, Iggelbach
Large towns Exclave of Landau in der Pfalz

The Helmbach is an 11 km long tributary of the Speyerbach stream in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Course

The stream rises northwest of the Taubensuhl Forester's Lodge (Forsthauses Taubensuhl) and flows initially 4 km in a northeasterly direction to the Geiswiese meadow. There it is joined on the left by the Blattbach, which rises on the north slopes of the 551 m above NN high Blattberg hill, and then heads in an easterly to northeasterly direction. After another 2 km the Helmbach passes the woodland hotel at Hornesselwiese, which was burnt down in November 2002 and, after being rebuilt in 2010, has been opened again as a woodland restaurant since January 2011 .[3] There the stream is joined by the Grobsbach and, 2.5 km further on, the Iggelbach empties into it from the left. After a total of 10 km the Helmbach reaches another forester's lodge, the Forsthaus Helmbach. Here it is joined on the right by the Kohlbach, which has been impounded to create the reservoir of Helmbachweiher a little to the east. The Helmbach itself discharges into the Speyerbach at the eponymous village of Helmbach after about etwa 11 km. Here there is a halt on the Kuckucksbähnel heritage railway.

Tributaries

References

  1. 1 2 Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland
  2. 1 2 Topografische Karte 1:25.000
  3. ↑ Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung, Ausgabe 2011/08 (2011-02-19). "Neuanfang nach knapp neun Jahren". p. 26. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
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