Hillebach Explained

Hillebach
Mouth Location:Ruhr
Mouth Coordinates:51.2601°N 8.5282°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Type2:States

Hillebach is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 7.7 km long and flows into the Ruhr[1] near Winterberg.

Course

The revier begins in the Natural Park Sauerland Rothaar - flowing in a predominantly north-westerly direction. Then it flows through Hillekopf welding Micke - Hildfeld, a northern district of Winterberg, near the southern outskirts. Southwest of the village opens a referred to in underflow Grone Springebach who comes from the south towards the town of Grönenbach. Then happened the stream to about 837 m high mountain Clemens, the highest and dominant mountain at cup-shaped river valley, and located on the lower part of its western flank cottages.

Shortly thereafter flows through the Hillebachstausee the lying below the Rimberg (764.5 m) Hillestausee at Niedersfeld, a northern district of Winterberg, a few hundred meters distance downstream - west of the village hall (Schützenhalle) - at about 519 m altitude there coming in from the south Rhein-Ruhr tributary to open.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW . lanuv.nrw.de . Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen (LANUV) . 29 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228062035/http://www.lanuv.nrw.de:80/wasser/pdf/Gewaesserverzeichnis%20GSK3C.xls . 2013-12-28 . de . 2010.