Alsenz (river)

River course

Alsenz in Oberndorf (Pfalz )

Course

The Alsenz rises on the northern edge of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park belonging Diemersteiner forest. The source is located at an altitude of 292 m above sea level. NN in Alsenborner pool within the district Alsenborn, the district of Kaiserslautern. From there, the Alsenz flows predominantly north by the North Palatine Uplands.

At their race are the villages Munchweiler, Winnweiler ( here ends the Lohnbach ) Schweisweiler, Imsweiler ( here ends the Moschelbach ) Rockhausen, Dielkirchen, Bayerfeld - Steckweiler, Mannenweiler - Coelln, Oberdorf, after Alsenz. Below Alsenz opens the Moschel. About Hochstätten and Altenbamberg the Alsenz continues to flow after boars castle where they altitude of 110 m. NN from the right leads into the Nahe.

The Alsenz overcomes on their 49.9 km long route an altitude difference of 182 m, corresponding to an average bed slope of 3.6 ‰. It drains a 327.668 km ² large catchment area over the Rhine and Nahe the North Sea.

Tributaries

With a catchment area of ​​65.997 km ², the 20.4 km long Moschel is the most water tributary of the Alsenz. It therefore has a share of 20 % of the catchment area of ​​the Alsenz. Other noteworthy tributaries are Moschelbach and Lohnbach, by weight, based on the flow length of about 8.5 km and 37.329 km ² or 35.324 km ² a considerable size their catchment areas.

The following are the tributaries of the Alsenz are called in order from source to mouth, which are conducted by the Water Management Administration of Rhineland -Palatinate. Indicated are the orographic position of the mouth, the length, the size of the catchment area, the height of the mouth and the water code.

Water

The Alsenz is a fine material rich, calcareous means mountain stream. Your water structure is strongly altered above the local church Alsenz to a few sections to complete. In the lower reaches, the structure is slightly better and is usually given to the local documents only with moderate to significant change. The water quality is continuously charged as moderate ( grade II) classified (as of 2005).

Viniculture

A long tradition has Winegrowing in the Alsenz. Even today there are in Obermoschel, Mannenweiler - Coelln, Altenbamberg, Steckweiler, high sites, quarries, etc. some winemakers. The vines are mainly on steep slopes up to 60 ° which, although they are in the Palatinate, part of the Nahe region. The German Wine Queen 1966/1967 and the Nahe wine queens 1996/1997 and 1984/1985 were removed from high places.