Berka (river)
Berka | ||
View from Bilstein into the valley of the Berka. In the background the Hohe Meißner. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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)