Grenff

Grenff Grenf
The Grenff near Neukirchen
Data
Water code	DE : 428832
location	Osthessisches Bergland , Schwalm-Eder-Kreis , Hesse , Germany
River system	Weser
Drain over	Schwalm  → Eder  → Fulda  → Weser  → North Sea
source	near Görzhain in the Knüll Mountains 50 ° 48 ′ 11 ″  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height	approx.  395  m above sea level NN
muzzle	at Loshausen in the Schwalm Coordinates: 50 ° 53 '4 "  N , 9 ° 15' 24"  E 50 ° 53 '4 "  N , 9 ° 15' 24"  E
Mouth height	approx.  214  m above sea level NN
Height difference	approx. 181 m
Bottom slope	approx. 8.3 ‰
length	21.9 km
Catchment area	86.406 km²
Drain	MQ	711 m³ / s
Left tributaries	see below
Right tributaries	see below

The Grenff , also called Grenf , is an approximately 21.9 km long, right-hand or southeastern tributary of the Schwalm in the East Hessian Bergland in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district and belongs to the river system and catchment area of ​​the Weser .

course

The Grenff rises in the Ottrauer Bergland , part of the Fulda-Haune-Tafelland in the East Hessian Bergland, in the transition area to the Knüllgebirge . Its source is located 1.2 km southeast of the Ottrau district of Görzhain in a clearing on the northern flank of Frohnkreuzkopf (approx.  530  m above sea  level ), the western foothills of the Rimberg ( 591.8  m ), at an altitude of about 395  m .

Initially, the Grenff, which runs mostly northwest, flows to and through Görzhain. From now on she is accompanied by the railway line Bad Hersfeld – Treysa (also called Knüllwaldbahn ), where she passes Ottrau station as the smallest Ottrau district, the local Boßmühle , then the stone mill , the Lenzenmühle , Kleinropperhausen and the cutting mill .

The Grenff then flows through the localities of Nausis on the river , after which it flows past the Bruchmühle , Neukirchen , Rückershausen , after which it passes the Sängermühle , and Riebelsdorf . Then the flowing water passes the Zella stop at the Knüllwaldbahn and the Klinkemühle .

When directly westerly of Grenff Willing Hausen district Loshausen it opens, after overcoming of about 181 m difference in altitude, on 214  m above sea level. NN into the Eder tributary Schwalm coming from the south .

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Grenff covers 86,406 km². Their tributaries include with orographic allocation (l = left-hand side, r = right-hand side) , length of water and mouth with Grenff river kilometers ( viewed downstream ):

• Reinbach (r; 1.5 km), above Görzhain (near km 21)
• Weißenborn (r; 2.2 km), near Görzhain (at km 20.05)
• Leutschwasser (l; 2.2 km), in Görzhain (at km 19.55)
• Schorbach (r; 5.2 km), an der Steinmühle (near km 17.05)
• Otter (l; 5.6 km), above the Lenzenmühle (at 15.8 km)
• Wallebach (l; 2.5 km), in Nausis (near km 12.8)
• Fischbach (1; 1.5 km), in Nausis (near km 11.9)
• Damersbach (r; 3.3 km), below Nausis (near km 11.6)
• Buchbach (r; 7.7 km), above Neukirchen (near km 9.8)
• Urbach (r; 7.3 km), in Neukirchen (near km 8.1)
• Goldbach (r; 2.9 km), near Rückershausen (at 6.1 km)

Watermills

Watermills on the Grenff are / were among others ( viewed downstream ):

• Boßmühle , at Ottrau train station
• Steinmühle , below Ottrau station
• Lenzenmühle , above Kleinropperhausen
• Cutting mill , below Kleinropperhausen
• Bruchmühle , below Nausis
• Sängermühle , below Rückershausen
• Klinkemühle , below the Zella stop

bridges

The Grenff Bridge in Nausis is a listed building .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
3. ↑ Brigitte Warlich-Schenk: Monument topography "Schwalm-Eder-Kreis I" . with the assistance of Hans Josef Böker. Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (=  architectural monuments in Hesse ). Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1985, ISBN 3-528-06233-9 , pp. 177 .