Rhena (Neerdar)

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The Rhena ( not to be confused with the nearby, longer Rhene ) is a 6.2 km-long, left or southern tributary of Neerdar in Waldeck- Frankenberg, Hessen, Germany.

Course

The Rhena rises in the northwestern part of North Hessen and in the eastern part of the Uplands, the northeastern foothills of the Rothaargebirge. Your source is located in the natural park Diemelsee between Willingen in the west and in the southeast Korbach on the southwestern slope of the High Rade ( 570.8 m above sea level. NN ) to about 552 m above sea level. NN.

The forested mountain to the south flows leaving the Rhena after passing under the railway Upland by Rhena, a western Korbacher district. In the village it is bridged by the federal highway 251.

Then the Rhena winds through a narrow valley to a little further south-west to about 397 m above sea level. NN to go into the light coming from the northwest Neerdar. Your mouth is located near the national road "L 3437 ", which ( to Willingen ) in the north and Alleringhausen ( to Korbach ) in the south connects the lying in the valley of Neerdar Bömighausen villages with each other.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​12.001 km ² comprises Rhena.

Watershed

The headwaters of Rhena is on the Diemel-Eder/Fulda/Weser-Wasserscheide. While the Rhena that springs Rade High on the mountain, heading south on Neerdar and Wild Aa and then Orke and Eder east to Fulda and finally drained north into the Weser, the water of the Rhene to the west of the High Rade flows on the neighboring mountain Widdehagen springs, north to the Diemel and then northeastward into the Weser.