Sahrbach

Sahrbach Winkelbach (upper course), Houverather Bach
Sahrbach between Burgsahr and Kreuzberg
Data
Water body code	DE: 27188
Location	Eifel; County Ahrweiler and County Euskirchen; Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
River system	Rhine
Drainage via	Ahr → Rhine → North Sea
Source	in the Flamersheim forest near Scheuren 50° 33′ 49″ N, 6° 53′ 45″ E50.56363736.8957949384
Source Height	approx. 384m abovesealevel[1]
Mouth	at Kreuzberg into the Ahr50.51061656.9758243171Coordinates 50° 30′ 38″ N, 6° 58′ 33″ O 50° 30′ 38″ N, 6° 58′ 33″ O50.51061656.9758243171
Mouth height	approx. 171m abovesealevel[2]
Height difference	approx. 213 m
Bottom slope	approx. 14 ‰
Length	approx. 15.3 km[3]
Catchment area	46.072 km²[3]
Medium-sized towns	Euskirchen
Small towns	Bad Münstereifel
Communities	Kirchsahr
The southern Sahrbach valley
The mouth of the Sahrbach into the Ahr (Kreuzberg)

The Sahrbach is a 15.3 km long, western and orographically left tributary of the Ahr in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Course

The Sahrbach rises as an Winkelbach (15.3 km – 13.2 km) in the Flamersheimer Forest. The source is located north of Scheuren on Euskirchen territory at an altitude of about 384 mabove sea level. From here the brook flows eastwards, after a short run it crosses under the state road 113 and leaves Euskirchen there. It then flows south between the Bad Münstereifel districts of Scheuren and Maulbach. As Houverather Bach (13.2 km – 10.0 km) it flows through the nature reserve Houverather Bach and tributaries and passes the district Houverath. From here it flows as Sahrbach through Kirchsahr and the districts Binzenbach and Burgsahr. It continues to flow in an easterly direction and joins the Rhine tributary, the Ahr, in Kreuzberg.

Catchment area and tributaries

On its 15.3 km long course, the brook experiences a difference in altitude of 213 metres, which corresponds to a mean bottom gradient of 13.9 ‰. The 46 km² catchment area is drained via the Ahr and Rhine to the North Sea.

Tributaries of the Sahrbach^[3][4]
f1 Map with all coordinates of the tributaries OSM | WikiMap

Stat. in km	Name	GKZ[Z 1]	Location	Length in km	EZG in km²	Estuary Coordinates	Mouth height in mü. NHN	Comments
014,90	N. N.	27188-11	left0	000,5350	0000,9550	⊙50.562456.91083	36700000
014,40	Hoestsiefen	27188-12	left0	000,7110	0000,4680	⊙50.5584376.911438Maulbach	35000000	also: Breidenwasser
013,20	Geissenbach	27188-2	right	009,4390	0010,3880	⊙50.55046.90305Scheuren	33000000
012,90	Maulbach screening	27188-312	left0	001,0930	0002,3010	⊙50.548066.904506Maulbach	32600000
011,40	Hare Creek	27188-32	left0	002,2520	0003,2910	⊙50.5377246.90985Lanzerath	30900000	in the upper reaches Eichener Siefen
010,40	Limbach[Z 2]	27188-33112	right	001,6070	0001,1360	⊙50.5343426.902543Limbach	30700000	also: LimbacherBach
010,00	Wormsbach	27188-33192	right	001,3860	0001,2130	⊙50.5313996.901302	29400000
008,40	Brook from Hühnerberg	27188-332	right	000,7310	0000,3470	⊙50.5277866.899019	28600000
008,30	Kirchsahrbach	27188-334	right	000,5280	0000,2400	⊙50.5259126.898834	28500000
007,90	Binzenbach	27188-34	left0	001,0700	0001,0260	⊙50.5179826.905478Binzenbach	26200000
007,70	Effelsberg stream	27188-4	right	006,5820	0008,8870	⊙50.5165146.903907Binzenbach	26000000
007,20	Burgsahrbach[Z 3]	27188-912	left0	000,6670	0000,3360	Burgsahr	?00000
007,00	Brook at the old zinc mine	27188-914	right	000,9750	0000,4750	⊙50.5093926.914476Burgsahr	24300000
005,80	Wingertshardtbach	27188-916	left0	000,7730	0000,4940	⊙50.5088216.92429	23500000
005,60	Cheese Creek	27188-92	right	002,1420	0002,0850	⊙50.5094966.924839	23300000
004,90	Buchenbach	27188-9912	right	001,0040	0000,4780	⊙50.5094836.931201	22500000
004,50	Forest Creek	27188-9914	right	000,3140	0000,1630	⊙50.5084776.937352	22100000
004,20	Häseling Brook	27188-992	left0	002,1070	0001,1410	⊙50.5091036.942233	21800000
003,60	Krählinger Bach	27188-994	left0	001,7450	0001,0140	⊙50.5091456.948649	21100000
003,50	Selbach	27188-9992	right	001,0340	0001,1060	⊙50.5097136.950274	21100000
003,30	Creek at Kotzhardt	27188-9994	right	000,3020	0000,3790	⊙50.5105626.951493	21100000

Notes on the table

1. ↑ Watercourse identification number, in Germany the official flowing water identification number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which uniformly stands for the receiving watercourse Sahrbach, which is common to all.
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW (Notes)
3. ↑ Not listed in the map service of the landscape information system of the nature conservation administration of Rhineland-Palatinate (LANIS map) (references).

Free time

The Sahrbach Valley is popular with archers,^[5] campers^[6] and by hikers.^[7] For the latter are, among others, the Sahrbachweg^[8] and the Sahrbachtaler Höhenweg^[9] are designated for the latter.

Web links

Commons: Sahrbach– Collection of images

• Catchment area and course of the Sahrbach in ELWAS^[10]
• Nature reserve “Houverather Bach and tributary streams in the specialist information system of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection

Individual references

1. ↑ German base map 1:5000
2. ↑ Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Nature Conservation Administration Rhineland-Palatinate (LANIS map) (Notes)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} List of water bodies of the NRW State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB)(Notes)
4. ↑ GeoExplorer of the Water Management Administration Rhineland-Palatinate (Notes)
5. ↑ Dinosaur trail in Kirchsahr-Binzenbach (Eifel).bogenlust.de, retrieved on 16 February 2016.
6. ↑ Website of the campsite Sahrtal.Retrieved 16 February 2016.
7. ↑ The hiker’s paradise Sahrbachtal.(No longer available online.) Freundeskreis Sahrbachtal e. V., archived from the original onJanuary 20,2016; retrievedFebruary 16, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically insertedandnot yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note.@1@2Template:Webachiv/IABot/www.freundeskreis-sahrbachtal.de
8. ↑ Sahrbachweg.AW Wiki, retrieved 16 February 2016.
9. ↑ Sahrbachtaler Höhenweg.AW Wiki, retrieved 16 February 2016.
10. ↑ ELWAS specialist information system, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW (references)