Essebach
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Essebach Esse |
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 The Essebach in Elbersdorf above the Blaubach bridge |
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| Water code | DE : 42786 | |
| location | Osthessisches Bergland , Werra-Meißner-Kreis , Schwalm-Eder-Kreis , Hesse , Germany | |
| River system | Weser | |
| Drain over | Pfieffe → Fulda → Weser → North Sea | |
| source | north of Retterode 51 ° 10 ′ 58 ″ N , 9 ° 43 ′ 36 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 375 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | at Spangenberg in the Pfieffe coordinates: 51 ° 6 '47 " N , 9 ° 38' 59" E 51 ° 6 '47 " N , 9 ° 38' 59" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 219 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 156 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 13 ‰ | |
| length | 11.6 km | |
| Catchment area | 28.574 km² | |
| Small towns | Hessisch Lichtenau , Spangenberg | |
The Essebach , also known as Esse , is 11.6 km long after the Vockebach, the second longest and at the same time a northern or right-hand tributary of the Pfieffe in the eastern Hessian mountainous region in the northern Hessian districts of Werra-Meißner and Schwalm-Eder .
Its catchment area covers 28.574 km².
course
The Essebach rises in the western part of the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in the Fulda-Werra-Bergland , part of the East Hessian mountains. Its source lies between the core town of Hessisch Lichtenau and its southern district of Retterode near the former Glimmerode colliery at around 375 m above sea level. NHN . A little to the west of it is the Hamberg ( 433.9 m ) with the Oberndorf desert .
The Essebach, which runs south-south-west in the Spangenberger Senke as the border between the Melsunger Bergland in the west and the Stölzinger Gebirge in the east, mostly along the federal highway 487 , initially flows through the village of Retterode, east of the Himmelsberg ( 563.7 m ), the highest elevation on the Günsteröder Höhe . Then he passes the former Walbachsmühle , today Gut Walbachsmühle . It then runs southeast below the Pentersrück ( 562.2 m ), the second highest elevation of the Günsteröder Höhe , in the Schwalm-Eder district through the village of Schnellrode , a north-northeastern Spangenberg district, and shortly afterwards past the Spangenberger Gut Halbersdorf .
Finally, leaving the B 487 temporarily, the Essebach reaches the Spangenberg core town, where it passes the Spangenberg Castle on the Schloßberg , after flowing through the Elbersdorf district , which borders the core town and the Schloßberg , and after passing under the B 487 at about 219 m above sea level into the Fulda tributary Pfieffe coming from the east .
