Limeckebach

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The Limeckebach, also called Liemeckebach, is a 7.8 km long, left or western tributary of the mill water in the district of Kassel, Hesse ( Germany ).

Course

The Limeckebach flows entirely in the northern Hessian Habichtswald Nature Park. It rises approximately 1.25 km (air line) east-northeast of Istha, the south-eastern district of Wolf Hagen. Its source is located about 2 km (air line) east-southeast of Isthabergs ( 523.1 m above sea level. NN ). It is located about 200 m northwest of the B 251 to about 349 m above sea level. NN.

The Limeckebach initially flows west southwestward through agriculturally used land and then through Istha. Beyond the village, he runs after the branch of the B 450 from the B 251, which passes under the creek, again by arable and meadow land to then be approximately parallel to the B 450, which it crosses twice in total, in a northwesterly direction to Wolfhager core city turn. In the city it flows west of the oven Berg among others passing at the district hospital clinic Hesse Wolf Hagen, on a tennis court, outdoor swimming pool on, at a riding school, on a sports field and on Limeckestadion.

Immediately to the west after passing through the downtown area of ​​the Wolfhager Limeckebach ends in the region of Wolfhager city park and allotments near the county road 105 (Wolf Hagen- Ehringen ) to 247 m above sea level. NN in the light coming from the south mill water, a southern tributary of the Erpe.

Catchment and inflows

The Limeckebach whose catchment area covers 9.511 km ², only eat small tributaries.

Watershed

The headwaters of the Limeckebachs is on the Diemel-Eder/Fulda/Weser-Wasserscheide, that is, that the Limeckebach, the direction of flows in a predominantly north-westerly, drained by water mill, Erpe, Twiste and Diemel into the Weser, while the Spolebach, the a little further south between Istha and Balhorn ( Bad Emstal ) rises, making a detour via Elbe, Eder and Fulda to the Weser.