Bauna

Bauna Viaduct over the Bauna

Course

The Bauna arises in the High Hawk Forest by the confluence of Back and Front Bauna. Located in the Natural Park Hawk Forest sources of " Rear Bauna " ( hereinafter referred to as the upper reaches " Small Bauna ", left the Bauna source stream ) located in the area of ​​Kaulenbergs ( 520.3 m) north of Hoof, a municipality part of Schauenburg. The origin of the " Middle Bauna " (right and longest source of the river Bauna ), the actual Baunaquelle ( about 465 m above sea level. NHN ), lies on the southern slope of Mount Ahrens (approx. 570 m), which rises north-west of Hoof. The " Front Bauna " is directly above Hoof of the route of the Kassel- Naumburg Railway (popularly: Naumburg light railway ) bridges.

Already above the union of the source streams in Hoof both joined the hoofer door, hollow of a valley between the High Hawk Forest (up to 614.8 m ) in the north and the long mountains (up to 556.7 m ) in the south, one that henceforth the course of Bauna accompanied to the southeast.

The first runs through Bauna Hoof, where it passes the castle ruins castle look a bit northeast. Then it flows through Schauenburg Elgershausen where it is bridged by the Kassel- Naumburg railway again at the entrance and what they affected the flood retention basins Polder Scheffer field.

Immediately thereafter, the creek is bridged by the federal highway 520, after which it flows through Baunatal, while the wooded Baunsberg ( 413.4 m ) south passes and passes through the Baunataler city park. In Baunatal the Bauna flows through the districts of Altenritte, retirement and Kirchbauna and Guntershausen. In the latter area it is spanned within the Bauna Viaduct a bridge of the railway line Bebra - Baunatal - Guntershausen.

Finally, the Bauna opens directly east of Guntershausen 1.5 km (air line ) north- northeast of the mouth of the Eder in the Fulda from the west flowing at around 144 meters above sea level directly above the Fulda river kilometer 42.4 in there coming from the south of Fulda.

Catchment and inflows

Zun the tributaries of Bauna whose catchment area is 47.37 km ² belong, with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side ), length in kilometers (km), and estuary with Baunabachkilometer downriver considers these rivers:

Source streams:

• Front Bauna (r; 3.15 km as part of the total 17.2 km Baunalänge ), northwestern, longest source stream, coming from Ahrensberg, confluence in Hoof ( 14.05 km )
• Rear Bauna ( l; 1.55 km ) north-east source stream, coming from Kaulenberg, confluence in Hoof ( 14.05 km ) Rehgraben ( l; 1.7 km ), tributary of the Back Bauna, from Tall Grass Coming (km 0.95)

Inflows:

• Firnsbach ( l; 3.2 km ), northern tributary coming from the goat's head; opens between Schauenburg Hoof and Elgershausen (km 13.35 )
• Fischbach ( l; 2.1 km ), northern tributary coming from the roof of the mountain; opens between Elgershausen and Baunatal - Altenritte ( 11.42 km )
• Luetzel (r; 5.1 km ), western tributary coming from the Saukopf; empties into Altenritte ( 9.2 km )
• Leisel (r; 6.2 km ), western tributary coming from the Schwengeberg; opens between Baunatal - Altenbauna and Kirchbauna ( 6.5 km )

Leisure

In the Valley of Bauna a section of twice the creek crossing Kassel- Naumburg Railway, which runs on the museum railway Hessencourrier, part of the Hessencourrier Bike Path and the Baunapfad, the leading from the source to the mouth of the creek trail runs. Its headwaters crossing the Eder by sea, hawk forest path and Kassel- climbing, the creek itself the Herkulesweg.