Grenff

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The Grenff, also called Grenf, is about 21.9 km long, right-sided or southeasterly inflow of Schwalm in Osthessischen highlands in northern Hesse Schwalm- Eder district and is part of the river system and catchment area of ​​the river Weser.

Course

The Grenff rises in Ottrauer Bergland, a part of the Fulda- Haune panel Lands in Osthessischen Bergland, in the transition region to Knüllgebirge. Your source located 1.2 km southeast of the hamlet of Ottrauer Görzhain in a clearing of the northern flank Glad crosshead (about 530 m above sea level. NN ), the western foothills of the Rimberg ( 591.8 m ) to about 395 m altitude.

Initially the Grenff flows, which runs mainly north-west, to and through Görzhain. Henceforth, they will (also called Knüll Forest Railway ) accompanied by the railroad Bad Hersfeld- Treysa where it the Ottrau station as the smallest Ottrauer district, the local Boßmühle, then the stone mill, the Lenz mill Kleinropperhausen and the granulator happens.

Then the Grenff flows through the riverside villages Nausis, after which they flowed past Bruchmühle, Neukirchen, Rückershausen, after which it passes through the mill singer, and Riebelsdorf. After that, the river passes through the lying crumpled on the forest railway breakpoint Zella and the pawl mill.

When directly west of the Grenff located Willing Hausener district Loshausen it opens, after overcoming of approximately 181 m difference in altitude, at 214 m above sea level. NN in there from the south inflow Schwalm Eder.

Catchment and inflows

The catchment area of ​​86.406 km ² comprises Grenff. Its tributaries include with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length and Mündungsort with Grenffflusskilometer ( downriver considered ):

  • Reinsbach (r; 1.5 km) above Görzhain (near km 21)
  • Weissenborn (r, 2.2 km) and at Görzhain ( at km 20.05 )
  • Leutschwasser ( l, 2.2 km), Görzhain ( at km 19.55 )
  • Schorbach (r; 5.2 km ), on the stone mill (near 17.05 km )
  • Otter ( l; 5.6 km ) above the bilge mill ( at km 15.8 )
  • Goldbach (r; 2.9 km ), at Rückershausen ( at 6.1 km )

Water mills

Water mills on the Grenff are / were, among others ( downriver considered ):

  • Boßmühle, when Ottrau Station
  • Stone mill, below Ottrau Station
  • Lenz mill, above Kleinropperhausen
  • Granulator, below Kleinropperhausen
  • Bruchmühle below Nausis
  • Singer mill below Rückershausen
  • Jack mill below breakpoint Zella
East Hesse Highlands Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Willingshausen Schorbach (Grenff)
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