Gersbach (Wälzebach)

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Gersbach
Data
location Waldeck-Frankenberg district , Schwalm-Eder district , Hesse ( Germany )
River system Weser
Drain over Wälzebach  → Schwalm  → Eder  → Fulda  → Weser  → North Sea
source in the Kellerwald between Haardtberg and Lennkopf near Gershäuser Hof
51 ° 3 ′ 27 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 46 ″  E
Source height approx.  360  m above sea level NHN
muzzle near Bad Zwesten in the Wälzebach Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '9 "  N , 9 ° 9' 29"  E 51 ° 3 '9 "  N , 9 ° 9' 29"  E
Mouth height approx.  235  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 125 m
Bottom slope approx. 36 ‰
length 3.5 km
Catchment area 4.537 km²
Communities Bad Wildungen , Bad Zwesten

The Gersbach is a 3.5 km long brook in the Kellerwald in the Waldeck-Frankenberg and Schwalm-Eder districts in Hesse . It is a western and orographically left tributary of the Wälzebach and runs along its entire length in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park .

course

The Gersbach rises and runs in the eastern part of the Kellerwald. Its source is 360  m above sea level. NHN in the district of Braunau , a southern district of Bad Wildungen in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. It is located on the edge of the forest about 1  kilometer (km) west of the Gershäuser Hof on an eastern slope between the Haardtberg ( 437  m ) and the Lennkopf ( 425  m ).

From there, the stream first flows about 300 meters (m) in a south-easterly direction along a dirt road and then turns north-east. In a long right-hand bend, it then flows about 900 m to the Gershäuser Hof, the former moated castle of Gershausen , where it feeds the moats that are still present today and flows around the estate on both sides. Both dividing arms each flow through a small pond. Shortly before they reunite immediately to the south of the L 3296 country road that passes by the estate, the southern arm feeds another small pond.

Then the Gersbach flows about 800 m along the southern roadside of the L 3296 in an easterly direction, between the Harsch ( 425.1  m ) in the north and the Orthberg ( 447.4  m ) in the south. Shortly before the Rödernhof , the former Gershausen mill, it turns to the southeast, passes the former mill after another 250 m and shortly afterwards flows through another pond, always accompanying the L 3296 to the south. About 100 m below the pond it reaches the Schwalm-Eder district. After around 1 km it turns again to the east and passes under the L 3296 for around 500 m.

300 m downhill from here the Gersbach flows south of the Treisberg ( 311.6  m ) at an altitude of 235  m about 50 m west of the B 485 coming from Bad Zwesten and at this point turning almost at right angles to the north and about 500 m from the western outskirts of Bad West from the left into the Wälzebach approaching from the north along the B 485. This in turn flows into the Schwalm after it has crossed Bad Zwesten and has flowed through under the B 3 .

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Gersbach is 4.537  km² . Its tributaries are all small streams a few hundred meters long.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  2. ↑ Formerly also called Horsch ; see "Electorate of Hesse 1840-1861 - 40. Kellerwald". Historical maps. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).