Adenauer Bach

Adenauer Bach
Adenauer Bach
Location
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Ahrweiler
Reference no.	DE: 27186
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	South of Quiddelbach
• coordinates	50°20′34″N6°56′06″E / 50.34275°N 6.935135°E / 50.34275; 6.935135
• elevation	ca. 533 m above sea level (NHN)
Mouth
• location	Near Dümpelfeld into the Ahr
• coordinates	50°26′42″N6°56′05″E / 50.444957°N 6.934638°E / 50.444957; 6.934638
• elevation	ca. 209 m above sea level (NHN)
Length	15.719 km
Basin size	58.467 km²
Basin features
Progression	Ahr→ Rhine→ North Sea
Landmarks	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

^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

External links

[2] 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).

[DE-RP-WW-20131108-1] Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz) (retrieved 8 November 2013)

[DE-RP_LANDIS-SB-LR272.20Dümpelfelder_Ahrtal-3] Landscape fact file (landscape area) of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)

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