Bebra (Fulda)

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Bebra
Data
Water code DE : 42734
location District of Hersfeld-Rotenburg , Hesse , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Fulda  → Weser  → North Sea
source North of the district of Rautenhausen in the city of Bebra
51 ° 1 ′ 37 ″  N , 9 ° 50 ′ 32 ″  E
Source height 324  m above sea level NN
muzzle 1.2 kilometers southwest of Bebra Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 28 "  N , 9 ° 46 ′ 9"  E 50 ° 58 ′ 28 "  N , 9 ° 46 ′ 9"  E
Mouth height 186  m above sea level NN
Height difference 138 m
Bottom slope 14 ‰
length 10 km
Catchment area 18.197 km²
Right tributaries Holzbach
Small towns Bebra

The Bebra is a 10 kilometer long right tributary of the Fulda in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg . The Bebra is a small flowing water of the waters order III.

geography

The Bebra rises on the western slopes of the Brodberg ( 376.5  m above sea  level ) about one kilometer northeast of Rautenhausen, a district of Bebra . A second source stream, which comes from the north, flows into Rautenhausen. The Bebra then flows in a southerly direction, further through Asmushausen and through the old town of Bebra. Then the direction of flow swings in a westerly direction and flows into the Fulda after about 1.5 kilometers, at river kilometer 119.8 . At the mouth there is a gravel lake to the north. Opposite is the Forbachsee nature reserve.

The Bebra forms the border between the Richelsdorf Mountains in the east and the Stölzinger Mountains in the west with the neighboring Solz and Cornberger Wasser .

The federal road 27 runs through the Bebratal and in the upper section of the valley also the Bebra – Göttingen railway line .

Nature reserve

The “Unterm Siegel” nature reserve is located on the lower reaches of the Bebrabach, about one kilometer north of the outskirts of Bebra. It is 8.8 hectares and is about 220  m above sea level. NN along the Bachaue . It is bounded by federal road 27 on the right side of the stream and the course of the stream or the edge of the forest on the left side of the stream. It has sedge and reed stands along the course of the stream . Furthermore, drainage ditches were filled in and small ponds created in the 1980s . Wet meadows extend over all other areas.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  2. ↑ Nature reserves in Hessen, Volume 3, pages 191 and 192

swell

  • Marcus Schmidt, Sieglinde Nitsche, Lothar Nitsche: Nature reserves in Hesse . Werra-Meißner district and Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. tape 3 . Cognito Verlag, Niedenstein 2005, ISBN 978-3-932583-13-1 .
  • DVD "City Map Hessen" ISBN 978-3-89446-425-7