Emmer (Weser)
Emmer in Luegde
The Emmer ( formerly known as Latin Ambriuna ) is a 61.8 km long, south-west or left side tributary of the Weser in North Rhine -Westphalia and Lower Saxony ( Germany ). Along the Emmer run the Emmerweg and partly the railway line between Hanover and Altenbeken.
Geography
Source
The river rises in Eggegebirge. Its source is located on the eastern slopes of the Rehberg ( 427 m above sea level, . Habichtsberg also called ), which is located about one kilometer south-west of the district Langeland to cart included in the town of Bad Driburg area.
Course
From its origin the Emmer flows in a northeasterly direction through the village and Langeland. In the village Erpentrup it absorbs the water of Breitenbach and flows through the territories of the cities Nieheim, Steinheim to Schieder- Schwalenberg where it is stowed directly northeast of Schieder after the commencement of Diestel and Niese for Schiedersee. The Schiedersee or Emmer Reservoir is a 3.1 km long and up to 350 m wide dam. However, since this silted up, the Emmer to be guided in a channel to prevent further sediment deposition in the lake in the future in parallel on the north shore. Then it flows through Luegde and Bad Pyrmont. Not far from its confluence with the Weser the Emmer flows directly past the Hämelschenburg castle where it drives the water wheel of the historic mill and a modern turbine to generate electricity. Intermediate floor Werder and the district of Hamelin Emmern the community Emmerthal the river finally ends after 61.8 km at an altitude of 76 m above sea level. NN from the left into the Weser.
Inflows
Downriver considered
- Voßbach
- Breitenbach
- Fischbach
- Mill Brook ( Emmerkebach )
- Beberbach
- Kobe Wiesbach
- Holmbach
- Heubach
- Napte
- Diestel
- Niese
- Uhlensenbach
- Wörmke
- Dallensenbach
- Eschenbach
- Schellbach
Towns
Downriver considered
- Langeland ( part of Bad Driburg )
- Erpentrup ( part of Bad Driburg )
- Merlsheim (part of Nieheim )
- Himmighausen (part of Nieheim )
- Oeynhausen (part of Nieheim )
- City Steinheim
- Wöbbel (part of Schieder- Schwalenberg )
- Schieder (part of Schieder- Schwalenberg )
- Glashütte (part of Schieder- Schwalenberg )
- Harzberg (part of Luegde )
- City Luegde
- Town of Bad Pyrmont
- Thal ( district of Bad Pyrmont )
- Welsede (part of Emmerthal )
- Hanebülten (part of Emmerthal )
- Amelgatzen (part of Emmerthal )
- Hämelschenburg (part of Emmerthal )
- Emmern (part of Emmerthal )
Hydrology
The catchment area of Emmer 535 km ². The drain on the lower reaches of Emmer, the level Welsede in Emmerthal, is at low water ( MNQ ) an average of 2.2 m³ / s The mean discharge ( MQ ) is 7.6 m³ / s, the average flood discharge ( MHQ ) 38.4 m³ / s and the outflow in a hundred year flood ( HQ100 ) 229 m³ / s
Conservation
The Emmer stands with her valley area below the Emmer reservoir to the mouth of the Weser fully protected. The section in North Rhine- Westphalia was put under protection in 1992, the section in Lower Saxony followed in 1994.
Use
Hydropower plants are located along the Emmer in Steinheim, Wöbbel, Schieder ( hydroelectric power plant Schiedersee ) and in Bad Pyrmont. Also in Welsede, Hämelschenburg and Emmerthal exist dams that generate electricity through turbines.