Rhünda (river)

The Rhünda near the mouth in the Schwalm

The Rhünda, also called Rhündabach, is a 12.9 km long, orographic right-hand or eastern tributary of the Schwalm in the Schwalm - Eder district in northern Hesse ( Germany ).

Course

The Rhünda rises in the northern foothills of the crumpled mountains. Your source is located in the village of Hausen Dicker, a district of Homberg, at 327.5 m above sea level. NN.

Initially, the Rhünda flows northeastward to and through Sipperhausen to subsequently turn away from the Stöpplingskopf to North northwest. In this direction, it flows through approximately parallel to slightly east located Federal Highway 7, located in the Valley Ostheimer Ostheim, to then extend west past the Geschellenberg (324 m) and slightly east past Mosheim.

From the slightly northeast of the creek located Hilgershausen the Rhünda used for a short distance to West southwest and helmet from Hausen, which is slightly southwest of the creek, finally to the northwest.

After passing the basic mill and two basalt quarries the Rhünda reached the rock Bergerndorf Rhünda order after it has passed flow and cross under the highway 253 just before reaching the Main- Weser Railway at about 159 m above sea level. NN to open in the Schwalm, which in turn just after passing under the railway line flows into the Eder.

Catchment and inflows

Among the tributaries of the Rhünda whose catchment area is 31.857 km ² belong bach downward viewed with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length, Mündungsort with Rhündabachkilometer and catchment size:

• Hollow trench ( l; 3.4 km ), between Ostheim and Mosheim, 8.65 miles ( 3.955 km ²)
• Tiefenbach ( l; 3.9 km ), between Hilgershausen and helmet Hausen, 5.2 miles ( 4.917 km ²)

Skull of Rhünda

1956 was found near the Rhündamündung the skull of Rhünda, a glacial skull of a human from the period around 12,000 years ago.