Hirschbach (Gersprenz)

The Hirschbach (English: "deer stream") is a river in Hesse, Germany. It is an approximately 5 km (7.5 km counting its headstream the Zeilharder Bach) long tributary of the Gersprenz river, itself a tributary of the Main.

Hirschbach
Location
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationZeilhard (Reinheim)
Mouth 
  location
Groß-Zimmern (in the Gersprenz)
  coordinates
49.8715°N 8.8358°E / 49.8715; 8.8358
Length5 km (3.1 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionGersprenzMainRhineNorth Sea
Tributaries 
  leftWeihersgraben

Geography

The stream is formed at Zeilhard, east of Reinheim, flows south past Georgenhausen, north-east and then north to Groß-Zimmern and enters the Gersprenz there.

Inflows

  • Zeilharder Bach (headstream)
  • Weihersgraben (left)

See also

  • Merz, Regina. "Entstehung und Chronologie der Hirschbach-Renaturierung". Gross-zimmern.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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