Frieda (Werra)

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Frieda is a 18.4 km long right tributary to the Werra and northeasterly in the border region of Thuringia and Hesse ( Germany ).

• 6.1 Kanonenbahn

Name

The name of the watercourse has been documented as a "peace" in 1583, he gave the place its name Frieda.

Course

A named Frieda source is located immediately northeast of the cell monastery and south-southwest of Good Annaberg is at 379.1 m. In contrast to today most often specified underlying Frieda source is significantly higher and northeast of the latter, directly on the western outskirts Struth at about 465 m.

The creek flows first over in southwestern direction to Klosterzella where once stood the first mill. With the mouth of the creek coming from Faulungen septic Unger Frieda then takes over first the northwest direction and reaches Lengenfeld under the stone ( inflow of Rosenbachs from left immediately below ), and finally Geismar.

Between Lengenfeld and Geismar her flowing from right coming from Großbartloff Lutter in from the right, immediately below Geismars finally, also from the right, coming from Flin, Martin Field and Ershausen Rosoppe. The valleys of the latter two rivers grasp the north of the middle Frieda located a Westerwald from east and west.

After immediately below the Rosoppemündung also the coming of armor and Wiesenfeld in the northwest Rode is accrued from the right, the Frieda turns to the south-southwest to happen after flowing through large potter the Hessian border and between Eschwege in the west and Wanfried the east, with Frieda to lead (municipality part of Meinhard ) in the southeast direction from coming, eastern Weser- source river Werra.

Inflows

The river system of Frieda has a distinctive fan shape what particular four main arms are involved, which drain alone 153.6 Total 171.8 km ² catchment area (counterclockwise from southeast to northwest ):

• Upper Frieda to Lutter estuary (9.5 km, 38.4 km ²) Rosenbach ( l; 3.7 km - Hildebrandshausen )
• Lazy Ungerbach ( l: 4.4 mi - Faulungen )
• Frieda headwaters ( source in the West Struth; Klosterzella, Lengenfeld )
• Bach from the chaff angle ( r, 2.2 mi - mouth above Lengenbach field )
• Bach from Effelder valley (r; 1,5 km - mouth Lengenfeld )

• Rottenbach (r; 1.8 km - mouth above United Bartl offs )
• Bach from Effelder (r, 1.7 mi - source in the north Effelders )
• Lutter ( Wachstedt, Großbartloff )
• Wolfentalsbach (r; 2.6 km - mouth in Großbartloff )

• Bach from Wilbich (1.4 mi - Wilbich )
• Rosoppe ( source in Flin, Martin Field, Ershausen )
• Castle Bach (r; 4.3 km, > 10 km ² - Bernterode )
• Krombach (r; 5.1 km - Krombach; mouth in Ershausen )
• Tiefenbach (r; 2.9 km - source in the north Misserodes )

• Rode ( sources at Schwobfeld; armor, Wiesenfeld, Sickerode )
• Hesselbach (r; 3.7 km - mouth in Wiesenfeld )
• Hühnerbach (r, 3.6 mi - Volkerode )

The river section at Geismar between Lutter and Rosoppemündung dehydrate only 5.7 square kilometers, between Rosoppe and Rodemündung even just 0.1 km ² and mouth run of Großtöpfer to Frieda 12.4 km ², with only the latter part of the catchment area, partly (5, 0 km ²) is located in Hesse. The left-hand side which opens here, 2.2 km long deep trench ( source in Bebendorf ) is the only national cross-border inflows.

The mean discharge ( MQ ) Frieda is 1,339 l / s, which corresponds to an average runoff ( Mq ) of 8.8 l / s · km ², the mean low-water discharge ( MNQ ) is 335 l / s

Adjacent river systems

The source runs of septic Ungerbach, Frieda and Lutter lie on the Elbe -Weser watershed directly opposite the Unstrut and their first right tributaries ( Felchtaer Bach, Luhne and Unstrut itself) to the east, while just north of Rosoppe and its larger tributaries Krombach and Tiefenbach the catchment area of ​​the river Weser on the Aller draining line ( left tributaries Geislede and Lutter ) begins. Only the Rode is the Walse, another tributary of the lower Werra northwest over.

Water status

The Frieda flows predominantly in a straightened stream bed, which is installed eg in the local situation of Lengenfeld / stone with concrete. On the river banks a near-natural creek forest of ash and white willow is locally trained.

The ecological condition of the lower reaches is overall assessed as unsatisfactory.

Mills

At the Frieda at least 11 mills were available, adding more mills on the tributaries.

• Struth: the monastery mill
• Lengenfeld / Stone: Hagemühle, Upper Mill, Middle Mill, Devil Nose Mill
• Geismar: Upper Mill, Middle Mill. Untermühle
• Großtöpfer: Auleppsche mill Hahnmühle
• Frieda: pot mill

Others

Kanonenbahn

In the section of Frieda, who is approximately under the stars and Großtöpfer between Lengenfeld, formerly was a part of the canon web, a strategic railway line, from the still testifies to the filled-in tunnel Frieda among others.