Wesebach

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The Wesebach, also called Wese, is a 24.9 km long, right-sided or southwesterly inflow of Eder in Waldeck- Frankenberg in northern Hesse.

Course

The Wesebach rises in the central part of the cellar forest. Its source is located on the western flank of the east of the village Löhlbach (northern part of the municipality of Haina ) located little Aschkoppe ( 606.8 m above sea level. NN ), a western foothills of the Great Aschkoppe. Approximately 650 m north of about 545 m above sea level. NN lying on the forest surrounded " Heiligenwiesen " origin leads past the B 253.

In the forested mountains of the basement Forest of Wesebach runs through the park Keller -Edersee in initially westwards, where it flows just below its origin through the nature reserve Bernertsgrund at Löhlbach ( NSG-Nr. 162 393 ), which was founded in 1984 and 13.43 ha is large. Thereafter, he runs to and through the location on the B 253 Löhlbach where he bends to the north and Frebershausen (district of Bad Wildungen ). Below Frebershausen where on the northwestern slopes of Wesebachtals runs the southeastern border of the National Park basement Edersee, the creek turns - the located in the north of the National Park and the local Eder heights, whose territory covers approximately with that of the national parks, as well as some mineral springs in the valley passing - to the northeast.

Here, the Wesebach flows into the commune of Eder, where it flows through the districts Gellershausen and kiddies. In Kleinern is located on partly accompanied by Wesetal - Lehrweg river so that leisure facility Spicke ( inter alia with a suspension bridge over the creek ). Thereafter, the stream reaches the Edertaler community part Giflitz where it passes below the Giflitzer Allotment On Kalkrain the nature reserve at Kalkrain Giflitz ( NSG-Nr. 163991 ), which was founded in 1985 and 6.47 ha is big, and the B 485 crosses under.

After leaving the basement Forest and entry into the Wegaer Ederaue, part of the Wild Unger Valley, affected the Wesebach the west natural reserve of herb meadow at Wesebach ( NSG-Nr. 344 593 ), which was founded in 2002 and is 16.63 ha. On its northeast corner he empties at about 191 m above sea level. NN northwest of the northeast part of Giflitz in the Fulda inflow Eder. A few meters east of its junction is the Eder bridge the disused railway Lake Eder ( Korbach bath Wildungen ) to the north of the Eder located Edertaler village Bergheim and located just below the mouth of the bridge coming from north Boehner Bach in the Eder.

Catchment and inflows

The catchment area of ​​Wesebachs, of a body of water III. Is order, comprises 63.433 km ². It is bordered to the northwest, north, northeast, east and southeast, among other things Lorfe ( Lorfebach; Eder inflow ), Banfebach (Lake Eder inflow ), Keßbach (inflow of Banfebachs ) and on the Wilde ( Eder inflow ) to the catchment area of ​​the Eder, where the reservoirs and Lake Eder Affolderner lake are. In the south, it borders on the Urff ( Schwalm- inflow ) to that of the Schwalm (Eder inflow ) in the south and southwest over the Wohra and the Schweinfebach ( Wohra inflow ) to that of Ohm.

Among the tributaries of the Wesebachs belong with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length, Mündungsort with Wesebachkilometer and - if known - catchment area in km ² ( bach downward considered, usually loud / ):

• Sasselbach (r; 3.8 km ), between Löhlbach and Frebershausen (near km 17.3 ), 3.522 km ²
• Quernstgrund ( l, 1,5 km), immediately before Frebershausen (near km 15.4 ), 1.606 km ²
• Rödel Bach ( r, 1.7 km), Frebershausen ( at km 15.15 )
• Ebach (r; 1.5 km) above Gellershausen ( at km 11.85 ), 1.279 km ²
• Dreisbach (r; 6 km), in Gellershausen (near km 10.9 ), 9.633 km ² Goldbach (r, 0.7 miles), Dreisbach inflow above Gellershausen (near Dreisbach - 1.3 km )

Watershed

The headwaters of the Wesebachs is located on the Rhine -Weser watershed. While the waters of the Wohra that a few kilometers south of Wesebachquelle rises in the cellar forest, over the Rhine and Lahn Ohm turns to the southwest, the Wesebachs that flows through Eder and Fulda in the north -east of the Weser.

Towns

The villages are on Wesebach ( bach downward considered ):

• Löhlbach ( to Haina )
• Frebershausen ( Bad Wildungen )
• Gellershausen ( to Eder )
• Emdenau ( settlement around Gellershausen )
• Kleinern ( to Eder )
• On Kalkrain ( residential development above Giflitz )
• Giflitz ( to Eder )

Water mills

Water mills on Wesebach are / were, among others ( bach downward considered ):

• Struth mill ( at Frankenau below Löhlbach )
• Wesemühle ( at Frankenau below Löhlbach )
• Upper Mill ( in Frebershausen outskirts direction Frankenau )
• Untermühle ( in Frebershausen outskirts Gellershausen )
• A mill (above Kleinern - Spicke )
• Wiesenmuhle (for kiddies, near Heimbach confluence )
• Hammer mill (below Kleinern )
• Grundmühle Schartenberg (above Giflitz in residential development on Kalkrain; hair to Bach confluence )
• Eder mill ( at Giflitz to Wesebach estuary in Eder)

Wesetal - Lehrweg

The Wesetal - nature trail is a historical, cultural, natural and water adventure path in Wesebachtal, which was inaugurated after 18 - month planning phase and construction end of October 2004. The path branches in the area of the mouth region of the Wesebachs from the Eder by Ederauenweg and runs - several times the creek crossing and the " leisure facility Spicke " or Kleinern crossing - from Giflitz upward through the Wesebachtal after Gellershausen.

He leads the hikers and cyclists. Due to traditions from ancient times in the past and through research into the presence of At twelve stations with large and interesting display boards can get information about the Wesebach and its valley, the former iron industry and the local history, for example, about amphibians, iron hammer, shepherds, wood vinegar, mineral springs and water mills.