Reiherbach (Weser)

One of the two headwaters of the heron Bach at Nienover

The heron creek is about 6 km long, orographic right and northerly tributary of the Weser, which runs including his two eponymous source streams in the district of Northeim in southern Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

The heron creek arises in the southern part of belonging to the Weser Uplands Solling from the union of two each heron creek called source streams:

The west next spring brook ( heron creek I) rises 4.5 km (air line ) west of Nienover (northern part of the municipality of the ground field ) a few hundred meters southeast of belonging to the ground field settlement Winnefeld (site of the " Forestry Commission Winnefeld " ) to approximately 265 m above sea. NN. It runs - the federal highway 241 crossing and several ponds flowing through - through the forests of " national forest Winnefeld " east to Nienover.

The north-northwest of upcoming source Bach ( Bach Heron II) rises 2 km (airline ) NNW of Amelith (northern district of the ground field ) to almost 320 m. It flows through the " national forest Winnefeld ' ( west) and the " national forest Uslar " (East) - Amelith flowing through and the B 241 crossing - in the direction of south-southeast after Nienover.

East-southeast of the hunting lodge Nienover is located about 150 meters after energizing the " Ribbe 's Mill" the union of the two Herons Creek headwaters. It is located just to the west of the country road 551, the Amelith connects the north northwest across Nienover and polishing (northern part of the municipality of the ground field ) with bottom field in the south-southeast, to 172 m altitude.

Then the heron creek flows into the southern slopes of the Solling along the "L 551 " in a south-southeast direction through a fringed by forest valley, which is a narrow grave breach and in the immediately east of the creek located bottom panels settlement is polishing; there was since 1777 a grinding mill which was operated with creek water and was polished into the glass of the mirror glassworks Amelith.

Leaving the Valley of the heron creek enters into a washed-out in the history of the Weser, agriculturally used a valley at the Kahlenberg to flow through this against their then- current direction east of the wooded hill towards and through the bottom field running. After passing through the " paper mill " crosses directly in front of this village about northwest-southeast direction in their section of Bad Karlshafen - ground field the Solling Railway.

Immediately after flowing out of the ground field opens the coming about of the north heron creek to the old port facilities ( " To Schlagd " ) directly to a pedestrian bridge to the future of South Weser, which has a horseshoe- shaped course there. His located around 106 meters above sea level junction opposite located on the slope of the Reinhard Forest, the district Gewissenruh ( north-western part of the municipality of Upper Weser) in northern Hesse, Hesse and Lower Saxony, where the limit is in the middle Weser.