Aar (Twiste)

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Aar
Data
Water code EN : 4444
location Waldeck-Frankenberg district , Hesse , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Twiste  → Diemel  → Weser  → North Sea
source between Gembeck -Frederinghausen and Mengeringhausen
51 ° 22 ′ 20 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height approx.  360  m above sea level NN
muzzle at Wetterburg in the Twiste coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 21 ″  E 51 ° 23 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 21 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  192  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 168 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length 13.9 km
Catchment area 37.429 km²
Left tributaries Thiele , Bicke

The Aar , also known as the bell fountain in the upper reaches , is a 13.9 km long, left-hand or western tributary of the Twiste in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse ( Germany ).

course

The Aar rises in the Waldecker Wald a few meters north of the border between Twist Valley and Bad Arolsen . Its source is in the "Homberg" parcel at around 360  m above sea level. NN on Twist Valley area between Gutshof Frederinghausen (to Twist valley-Gembeck ) in the west-northwest, the woodless Massenhauser Höhe ( 432.5  m above sea  level ) in the north, the wooded Kahlenberg ( 408.8  m above sea level ) in the south and Mengeringhausen ( to Bad Arolsen) in the southeast.

Leaving the Twist valley, the Aar flows first eastwards through the Bad Arolser area and south-eastwards through a valley in which it passes, among other things, the wooded elevations Weißer Stein (south) and Spielberg (north). Then the stream is dammed into a small pond .

After this, the Aar runs eastwards through a piece of agricultural area and then through Mengeringhausen , where it is spanned by the Warburg – Sarnau railway line and by the federal road 252 on the eastern edge of the village . Then, in a valley lined with wooded slopes, in which the Thiele flows from the northwest, it makes a winding curve southeast around the core town of Bad Arolsen. South of this river section is the amount Ring houses Hagen (also on the Hagen called; to 340.4  meters above sea level. ), Where until 2004 the training area Arolsen with Prinz-Eugen- Kaserne was. After crossing under the federal highway 450 , the stream leaves the valley and picks up the Bicke coming from the west in an agricultural area .

The Aar then flows through the Bad Arols district of Wetterburg , to the northeast of it around 1.1 km below the Twist dam at around 192  m above sea level. NN in the Diemel influx Twiste to lead .

Excursion possibilities

Well-known excursion destinations on or not far from the Aar are Bad Arolsen and the Twistesee near its lower reaches .

Catchment area and tributaries

The tributaries of the Aar, whose catchment area covers 37.429 km², include with their length and estuary position (viewed downstream):

  • Thiele (7.2 km, 8.664 km²) - on the left at Wetterburg
  • Bicke (also called Biek) (6.8 km, 9.545 km²) - on the left below Bad Arolsen

Localities

Villages on the Aar are these districts of Bad Arolsen (viewed downstream):

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ↑ a b c d Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )