Hillebach
Hillebach is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Ruhr near Winterberg.
Hillebach | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
States | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Ruhr |
• coordinates | 51°15′36″N 8°31′41″E |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ruhr→ Rhine→ North Sea |
The brook flows - by source-level leaving the Natural Park Sauerland Rothaar - in predominantly north-westerly direction. Then it flows - after right-sided open out the zoom flowing also from 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.