Berka (river)

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Berka
View from Bilstein into the valley of the Berka. In the background the Hohe Meißner.

View from Bilstein into the valley of the Berka. In the background the Hohe Meißner.

Data
Water code EN : 4192
location Werra-Meissner district , Hesse , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Werra  → Weser  → North Sea
source on the Hoher Meissner near Frankenhain
51 ° 14 '25 "  N , 9 ° 52' 35"  E
Source height approx.  510  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in the case of Albungen in the Werra coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 24 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 32 ″  E 51 ° 13 ′ 24 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 32 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  153  m above sea level NHN 
Height difference approx. 357 m
Bottom slope approx. 38 ‰
length 9.5 km
Catchment area 37.32 km²
Left tributaries Bornaibach , Mittelbach
Right tributaries Hollenbach , Kupferbach
the Berka flows in the Höllental

The Berka is a 9.5 km long, western and orographically left tributary of the Werra in the Fulda-Werra-Bergland in the Werra-Meißner district , Hesse ( Germany ).

It is a body of water III. Order .

course

The Berka, which flows entirely in the Frau-Holle-Land Geo-Nature Park (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) rises on the northeast flank of the Hohe Meißner ( 753.6  m above sea  level ). Its source is 1.6 km northeast of the Kasseler Kuppe , the highest point on the mountain range. It is located a little below the mountain meadows next to state road  3242, which leads from Schwalbenthal (massive east flank), past the Frau-Holle pond and the source in a south-south-west-north-north-east direction to Kammerbach .

The Berka runs in its Bachtal called Höllental in a predominantly eastward direction through the municipality of Berkatal . It flows through the village of Frankenhain about 1 km below its source . From then on, it runs through Frankershausen , where the Bornaibach, fed by the Breitenborn and Kressenborn , joins - up to its confluence along the L 3242 . Then it passes the peasantry Schafhof , the forester's house smelter that not far away at its inflow Kupferbach preferred visitor's mine Grube Gustav and the inn Frau Holle . The Berka then flows - high above it - past the remains of Bilstein Castle , the Hohe Schanze Wallburg and the Schnepfenburg castle ruins .

Finally, after crossing under the federal road 27 and the Bebra – Göttingen railway line south of Albungen , a north-western part of Eschwege , the Berka flows into the Weser source river Werra , which flows here from the east-southeast .

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Berka is 37.324 km². Their tributaries include (viewed downstream):

  • Bornaibach (left)
  • Hollenbach (right)
  • Mittelbach (left)
  • Kupferbach (right)

Individual evidence

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