Ifta (river)

On Kling Born, the main source of Ifta

The Ifta is an over the blade Born 5.5 km, about the Lüderbach 8.9 km and the Augraben ( middle reaches: Oil Bach) even 11.1 km long, orographic left tributary of the river Werra in Thuringia in Germany.

Course

The Kling Born is a strong bulk forming karst source on the outskirts of Ifta Only 100 meters to the southwest of this source flows the Ifta from the left with the coming of Lüderbach Lüderbach together, over the waters deployment of the Ifta is performed. 500 more meters to the southeast there was the Kling Bornmuehle first flour mill on the river. In the local situation still meets the Augraben (and oil Bach) from the south to the Ifta. Approximately 200 m east of the local situation is the military area, where a scale in the High Middle Ages mill race was diverted to the flour mills of Creuzburg. Just below the weir corner, finally, the knight Bach.

Name

The municipality is named after the Ifta there flowing past Ifta.

Economic History

With the water of the Ifta Creuzburg mills cascade has already been supplied in the High Middle Ages. In Ifta even the Kling Bornmuehle was significant and in the middle reaches of the oil stream ( Augraben ), this oil mill. At the mouth of the Ifta in the Werra was that pertains to Creuzburg medieval fishing settlement Kolle village.

Conservation

The range of source Kling Born in 1992, also for the calcareous grasslands surrounding it as a nature reserve (size: 1.9 hectares) have been reported. The Working Group on Indigenous Orchids in Wartburg circle indicates in site documentation on several botanical treasures, these include Big Händelwurz, Fox cal orchid and Twayblabe. The wetlands around the source is a habitat for many rare amphibians and insects. A panel on the main access route information on further specifics. The Bund district association Wartburg district rejected the Kling Born as a biotope of March 2001.