Dornbach (Eschbach)

The arbor creek near the Bad Homburg station

The mandrel Bach is the 3.7 km ( with Cold Water 11.8 km ) long right and southwestern source stream of the Eschbaches.

Course

The mandrel Bach created in Bad Homburg (east of Knobel mill) from the confluence of the cold water with the stream from the gold mine. It flows in an easterly direction, first through the grounds of the THW and then crosses under the road Urseler. It flows then verdolt office and business park and crosses under the railroad in the S5. As the area cultivated and the creek was moved underground, was arrested by contract that the company there colonizing the cost of the restoration contributes deduction, which became effective in 2013. After passing under the railway line one also renatured by 2013 cased section follows parallel to Hessenring. Against this the creek disappears underground to emerge east of the road, reinforced by the coming of the left Heuchelbach back to the surface. In Bad Homburg Gonzenheim near the road at the old creek one last unterdirdischer channel starts. This is to be pivoted in the course of the extension of the subway line U2 to a few meters to the south. The new channel will carry a light shaft at the level of Gotenstraße and lined with natural stone and transverse ribs means gully. North of the street Alt - Gonzenheim the mandrel Bach finally united with the Kirdorfer Bach to Eschbach, a few meters further east to contact the daylight.

Data and character

The mandrel Bach is a Silicate means mountain stream. He is a body of water III. Order. Its catchment area covers a total area of 28.506 km ² and its river discharge ( MQ ) is 235.1 l / s

Inflows

• Heuchelbach (left) ( with Hirschgraben 9.7 km )