Wieseck (river)

Look at the Wieseck

The Wieseck is a left tributary of the Lahn in the Middle Vogelsberg. It rises in the Reiskirchener Saasen district and flows 24.3 kilometers in casting - slightly above the local train station. According to her, the largest district of Giessen Wieseck is named.

Use and nature Spatial allocation

The so-called Wieseckaue between Great -Buseck and the Giessen city is a popular destination of the Giessen citizens. In the well-maintained dirt roads along the Wieseck to Sundays and public holidays inline skaters, cyclists, joggers and walkers pushing. A popular attraction is the glider airfield of Flugsportverein casting, which is found directly on the Wieseckaue in fine weather.

The Wiesecktal forms approximately the southern boundary of Lumda plateaus of the central ridge within the Middle Vogelsberg.

Water quality

The saprobic index of Wieseck is in the middle reaches ( at Great -Buseck) 1.77, which corresponds to the requirements of the WFD one corresponding to " good " condition. In the lower reaches within the urban area is the 2.34, which corresponds to a " moderate " condition. The structural condition, however, is to be assessed as "poor". The evaluation by the method of structural quality mapping, the Wieseck in large areas of the severely impaired. Nearly 96 % of the sections were " significantly modified" or rated worse, only about 4 % as " moderately modified" or better, which would correspond to the target. Various other indices that are calculated by evaluating the colonization of the Wieseck with aquatic organisms ( benthic invertebrates ), confirm this bad condition. This structural impairment of the water body of the values ​​displayed have the Wieseck in the middle reaches at Great -Buseck an " unsatisfactory " in the lower reaches in the city area of casting a "bad" state to. Thus, there is the WFD, the 2015 calls the "good ecological status " action to improve this situation, what should happen in the next few years.