Vers (river)

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The 8.4 km long verse is with a catchment area of over 40 square kilometers, occupying the space of the natural Südwestarm Salzbödetal, by far the most important tributary of the Salzböde in Gladenbacher mountain country, Central Hesse.

Course

The source of the verse is located directly on the watershed between their mother river Salzböde and dill inflow Aar, which occupies the west adjacent natural area Niederweidbacher pool. It is west half encircled by the state road 3047 between the Dünsberg in the south and the customs beech in the north and lies in the Lahn- Dill-Kreis, about 1.5 km south-east of Wilsbach (municipality Bischoffen ) and about 2 km northeast of Erda (municipality Hohenahr ).

Soon leaving the river the Lahn- Dill district to the east, passing through a short, uninhabited piece of the district of Gießen and reaches the Marburg- Biedenkopf where changes its course toward the northeast. West of Kirchvers (municipality Lohra ) their flows Frankenbach from the same place (municipality Biebertal, Gießen district ) from the right side to, in Kirchvers finally by the Dünsberg and the village of Krumbach ( also Biebertal ) coming Krumbach.

In following the course of the verse is always on Lohraer district and accompanied / limits the Krofdorfer forest, which is like the Dünsberg part of the natural space Krofdorf King Forst, northwest. From left her only flows from the direction of the diaper Weipoltshausen Bach, then the eastern south of the Natural Area inch sprung beech, of Roden Hausen, Seelbach, Rollshausen and Altenvers coming Krebsbach to.

Immediately below Reimer Stockhausen in the smoking stand the verse finally flows from the right in the Salzböde, leaving the natural space Salzbödetal immediately after the mouth and passes through the forest in southeastern Krofdorfer directions.

Tributaries

The following tributaries flow of the verse:

Origin of the name

The Onomastiker Jürgen Udolph directs the stream name Verse of the Indo-European root * pers- for "to spray", " spray ", from. The verse would therefore be " the Sparkling " or "the end of injection ." Similar Names waters are among others found in north-west Germany, such as the verses, a tributary of the River Lenne in the Sauerland.