Emse (river)

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Emse
On the middle course of the Emse, in Schwarzhausen

On the middle course of the Emse, in Schwarzhausen

Data
Water code DE : 41652
location Thuringia , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Hörsel  → Werra  → Weser  → North Sea
source des Schnabelwassers , saddle between Großem Weißenberg (746.7 m) and Zigeunerkopf (738.5 m) on Rennsteig
50 ° 50 ′ 47 ″  N , 10 ° 25 ′ 8 ″  E
Source height approx.  703  m above sea level NN 
muzzle At Sättelstädt coordinates: 50 ° 56 '43 "  N , 10 ° 29' 2"  E 50 ° 56 '43 "  N , 10 ° 29' 2"  E
Mouth height 260.2  m above sea level NN 
Height difference approx. 442.8 m
Bottom slope approx. 31 ‰
length 14.2 km
Catchment area 42.2 km²
Left tributaries Right Schnabelwasser (1.7 km, over this a total of 14.5 km), Kroatengraben (2.0 km), Schwarzbach (2.0 km), Otterbach (3.1 km), Schmerlingsbach (3.8 km), Meebach
Right tributaries Bratpfannengraben (2.9 km), Sembach (3.5 km), Fischbach (3.5 km)
Communities Waltershausen , Hörselberg-Hainich

The Emse is a 14 km long orographic left tributary of the Hörsel in Thuringia in Germany .

course

The Emse arises from several source streams on the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest between the Gerberstein in the west and the Großer Inselsberg in the east. The westernmost of these spring streams is called the Kroatengraben , the central Schnabelwasser and the easternmost frying pan ditch . Historically, the Bratpfannengraben and its shorter, right side stream Ländersgraben were assumed to be the main source streams . In contrast, the valley section between the confluence of the Kroatengraben and Schnabelwasser up to the confluence of the Bratpfannengraben is marked with Emsegrund in maps today.

The combined brook flows through Winterstein in a north-easterly direction to leave the Thuringian Forest through a meadow and touch the district of Schwarzhausen to the south-east, whereupon the city of Waltershausen and the district of Gotha are left.

The Emse continues to flow in the Wartburg district , now facing north, about two kilometers through a narrow, wooded valley in a natural bed, reaches the Sondra settlement and finally the village of Sättelstädt , where it joins the Hörsel.

Surname

The municipality of Emsetal , which existed from 1996 to 2013, was named after the river.

Economic history

In the towns of Winterstein, Schmerbach and Schwarzhausen, the hydropower of the Emse and its tributaries was used for smelting and processing purposes as early as the late Middle Ages . Several flour mills were operated in Sättelstädt, Sondra and Schwarzhausen. There was a tan mill in Winterstein , and saw mills are also likely. Around 1920 the city of Eisenach tried to build a drinking water dam near Schwarzhausen. It failed because of the energetic resistance of the forest owner von Wangenheim (Winterstein) .

literature

Web links

Commons : Emse  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ↑ a b c River lengths according to geopaths (kmz, 150 kB)
  3. ^ Thuringian State Institute for the Environment (ed.): Area and waterway key figures (directory and map). Jena 1998. 26 pp.
  4. ↑ Field names of the Duchy of Gotha and the forest names of the Thuringian Forest ( Luise Gerbing 1910) - PDF, 36 MB
  5. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )