Ilse (Lahn)

Ford in the Ilse about 200 m below its source

The Ilse is a southern and orographic right tributary of the Lahn in the district of Siegen -Wittgenstein, North Rhine -Westphalia ( Germany ). From the Holy Ilse source viewed from the Ilse of 8.25 km and its top source of about 8.7 km long.

Course

The Ilse rises and runs each in the south of Rothaargebirge Rothaargebirge Nature Park and Westphalia near the central Hessian border. Your main source, the Holy Ilse source, located on the border of country and Wittgenstein winner land near the hamlet Heiligenborn, a southwestern district of Bad Laasphe. It is located at 608.2 m above sea level. NHN about 250 meters northwest from the summit of the compass, which is the highest elevation in the bathroom Laaspher urban area with 694.1 m. From the Holy Ilse Ilse source of around 0.5 kilometers viewed bach up is on the Ostnordostflanke of hunting mountain ( 675.9 m), the highest source of flowing water to about 636 m altitude.

The Ilse flows through a narrow valley northeastward through the Wittgenstein country. After recording the coming of the Holy Born Long Bach it passes through the mountains Wiedehuck ( 578.6 m), after which it the hamlet Lindenfeld ( 496.8 m; Bad Laasphe ) flows past. After passing of Inthalberg ( 538.7 m) and Weidelbacher main ( 587.7 m ) opens the Weidelbach a. Then the stream passes through the mountains Dörnberg (606 m ), white stone ( 527.6 m ) and Peter Berg ( 570 m).

Finally, the Ilse arrived in Feudingerhütte, a district of Bad Laasphe belonging Feudingen where it opens on the western edge of the village from the south at about 382 m altitude in the approach there, flowing from the west Rhine Creek Lahn.

Holy Ilse source

Already in the Middle Ages, the source of Ilse Ilse as saints source ( ⊙ 50.8865694444448.2858611111111 ) was known. Sick pilgrimage there to find by drinking spring water from a drinking fountain and bathing in artificial Badeweiher relief. The plague of 1625 and the Thirty Years War ( 1618-1648) ended the Pilgerei there now. After however, had been healed by a six-week drinking treatment in 1862, a few years since gouty woman who could barely walk yet, many people have come for a while again to the source. From the then established bathing facilities originating from the 17th century source enclosure that had been abducted in the 19th century after Laaspherhütte, and the swimming pond are still preserved. For several years, there are benches, deck chairs and tables.

Catchment and inflows

The catchment area of ​​Ilse is 11.848 km ². Its tributaries include with orographic assignment ( left, right), river length, Mündungsort with Ilsenbach km and catchment area ( catchment ) ( bach downward considered ):

Landscape protection

The Ilse is located with its entire flow path in the conservation area Bad Laasphe ( CDDA-Nr. 319 747 ), which was designated in 1987, is 123.11 km ².

Transport and Hiking

From the mouth of Long Bach coming from Heiligenborn county road 17 leads to the Ilsetal to there past the hamlet Lindenfeld and Forestry House Ilse castle and then to pass on to Banfe. Below the lodge branches of K 17, the brook down along the Ilse for Mündungsort Feudingerhütte leading from K 35. Directly past the Holy Ilse source runs the Rothaarsteig. By Heiligenborn and from the mouth of Long Bach leads the European long-distance route E1 a few miles down along the brook Use.

References and Notes

  • Lahn river system
  • River in Europe
  • River in North Rhine -Westphalia
  • Wittgenstein district
Siegen-Wittgenstein Town Orography Deckchair
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