Pilgerbach (Eder)

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The pilgrims stream into the municipality Edermünde in northern Hesse Schwalm- Eder-Kreis is a 8.7 km long, western or left-side tributary of the Eder and her last from its mouth into the Fulda.

Course

The pilgrim creek rises in the nature park Hawk Forest in the mountains long. Its source lies on the eastern slope of the 464.8 m high Bensbergs or on the northeastern slope of slightly more than 460 m high Bilsteins, about 1.5 km northwest of Besse, a municipality part of Edermünde. It is located near the eastern boundary of the Langeberg Mountains at about 320 m above sea level. NN.

After leaving the forest, the pilgrim creek flows through agricultural area southeast Besse, where it passes through the western and southern districts or flows through and exits the park. After that flows from the west of Saugraben one. Mostly east of the stream then passes through farmland and meadows. Along the country road 3221 he reached the south of the basalt dome Hahn ( 255.8 m) the mouths Eder district Holzhausen. There opens a on the western outskirts of southwestern Glisborn. After passing the Federal Highway 49, where flows from the north of Herting Hausener Bach, he runs through the southern parts of the village.

Then reached the pilgrim brook, continue along the L 3221 Gradient, the mouths Eder district Grifte, it flows through the partly canalized and underground. After passing the Main- Weser Railway it flows north at the eastern edge of the leading over the Eder and southeastward to Guxhagen L 3221 to about 144 m altitude in the Eder - around 550 m before their influence in the Fulda.

Catchment and inflows

The catchment area of ​​the pilgrims Bach is 25.593 km ². Its tributaries include with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length, Mündungsort, influence direction with pilgrims stream kilometers and catchment size ( bach downward considered ):

  • Saugraben (r; 3.2 km ) below Besse; from the west (near km 4.95), 5.124 km ²
  • Glisborn (r; 2.8 km ), in Holzhausen; from the southwest (near km 3.55), 4.35 km ²
  • Herting Hausener Bach ( l, 4.5 miles), in Holzhausen; from the north (near km 3.35), 5.689 km ²
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