Gelster
Mouth of the Gelster (right) in the Werra
The Gelster is a 17.5 km long, left or south-westerly tributary of the Werra in the Werra- Meißner-Kreis in northeastern Hesse, Germany.
Course
The Gelster, which is one of the largest tributaries of the Werra on Hessian territory, rises in the natural park Meissner Kaufunger forest on the northern slopes of the Deer Mountain, the south-west of Grossalmerode with 643.4 m above sea level. NN peaking as the highest mountain of the Kaufunger Forest. The source is located on a marshy plateau at about 470-480 m high mountain Pfaff, a northern spur of Hirschberg's close to the B 451
Referred to in the upper reaches of blacks Gelster river runs initially a few hundred meters to the northeast and then east along the B 451, partly piped and underground, through Großalmerode. After 6.2 km flow path opens out a little to the south of the district Trubenhausen, which lies in a valley between Kaufunger forest in the northwest and Hoher Meissner to the southeast, the light coming from the south Laudenbach, who is also called White Gelster and represents the longest Gelsterzufluss.
After the confluence of the Bach Laude Gelster flows, continue along the B 451, to the north by Trubenhausen and Hundelshausen to Witzenhausen, where u at about 134 m. NN opens at the Gelsterspitze into the Werra.
Origin of the name
The " first name " of the Black Gelster was probably made in the mid-16th century, when mining at Hirschberg was driven because dyed her water among others by the cleaning of machinery and equipment of the mine / n black, because this brownish-black coal dust in the river was flushed.
Catchment and inflows
The catchment area of Gelster, which has 60.642 km ² area is pear-shaped. It extends from about 134 m above sea level. NN at the Gelstermündung and 753.6 m above sea level. Sea level at the Hohe Meissner.
The Gelster is fed by at least 16 streams that come from the high altitudes of Kaufunger forest and Hoher Meißner. Of the Laudenbach ( White Gelster ) is the longest.
The major tributaries of the Gelster downstream are considered with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length, river basin, headwaters and Mündungsort with Gelsterflusskilometer:
- Fahrenbach I ( l, 2.5 km, 4.2 km ²), Steinberg; below Großalmerode ( 13.8 km )
- Laudenbach ( White Gelster ) (r; 5.4 km, 16.0 km ²), on Meinetsberg; between Großalmerode and Trubenhausen ( 11.75 km )
- Driving Bach II ( l, 4.5 km, 3.9 km ²), the Langenberg; in Witzenhausen Carmshausen ( km 5 )
- Dohrenbach ( l, 3.2 km, 3.7 km ²), of the Small cap; below Carmshausen ( 4.1 km )