Gers (Schwalm)

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The Gers is a about 10.2 km long, right-sided or southeasterly inflow of Schwalm in Osthessischen highlands in northern Hesse Schwalm- Eder district and is part of the river system and catchment area of ​​the river Weser.

Course

The Gers rises in Osthessischen mountains in the northwest foothills of crumpled mountains. Your source is 2.5 km east-northeast of the hamlet Frielendorfer Schönborn in the valley between the Kornberg ( 353.9 m above sea level. NN ) in the north and the belt grove head ( 365.1 m above sea level. NN ) in the south to about 339 m altitude.

Initially the Gers flows, which runs mainly north- westward, about westward towards the neighboring districts Frielendorfer Schönborn and Leimsfeld that lie north and south of the creek. From then on she runs northwestward and happens after passing under the highway 254 and the route of the former Kanonenbahn the northeast Schwalmstadt Rörshain village, where it flows past the Hardtmühle and Show Rich mill. Then it passes the former airfield Rörshain northeast and the estuary near Bergland castle ( 342.7 m above sea level. NN ) south.

Shortly afterwards opens the Gers, just after passing under the Main -Weser -Bahn, less than 1 km north of the hamlet of Schwalmstadt Allendorf in the Gansau after overcoming of about 136 m difference in altitude to about 203 m above sea level. NN in there from the south inflow Schwalm Eder.

Catchment and inflows

The catchment area of ​​the Gers comprises 23.707 km ². Its tributaries include with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length, Mündungsort with Gersbachkilometer and - if known - catchment ( downstream considered ):

• Bach from Michel Berg ( r, 1.4 miles), far below Rörshain (near km 1.4 ), 4.784 km ²