Kelster

	Kelster
	Stream of the Kelster in the town of Kelsterbach
	Data
Water code	EN : 2494
location	Rhine-Main lowlands Sub-level Flörsheim-Griesheim Lower Main; Mönchwald and Dreieich; ; Germany Hesse Frankfurt am Main; Groß-Gerau district ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	in the Schwanheimer meadows near Frankfurt-Schwanheim ; 50 ° 4 ′ 43 ″ N , 8 ° 34 ′ 5 ″ E
Source height	approx. 95 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	near Kelsterbach in the Main Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '59 " N , 8 ° 31' 42" E 50 ° 3 '59 " N , 8 ° 31' 42" E;
Mouth height	90 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 5 m
Bottom slope	approx. 1 ‰
length	4.9 km
Catchment area	32.527 km²
	The mouth of the Kelster in the Main

The Kelster (also called Kelsterbach ) is a good five kilometers (according to other sources three kilometers) long, orographically left, geographically southern and eastern tributary of the river Main in the German state of Hesse . The stream rises in the southwest of the city of Frankfurt am Main and flows into the city of Kelsterbach, southwest of Frankfurt . According to hydrology ( limnology ), the Kelster belongs to the river type of the small low- lying watercourses in a river valley .

geography

course

The marshy headwaters of Kelster, view from Kleinwiesenhart swathe of

The headwaters of Kelster is situated in Frankfurt district Schwanheim on the edge of the Frankfurt green belt belonging Schwanheimer meadows . From there, the brook runs for a distance of around 1.6 kilometers in a west and south-westerly direction in the Frankfurt city area. The headwaters are located in the far west of the Frankfurt city forest , east of the swampy raw lake . This marshland is located on the northern and western edge of part of the Schwanheimer meadows with the field name Kleine Wiese . The stream there consists of a system of ditches that only temporarily carry water, which serve to drain the meadows. Due to the swampy character of the area, which also partly dries up due to the season, the source of the Kelster cannot be precisely located. The Kelster flows west of the Kleinwiesenschauise along the eastern edge of the Rohsee. The Kelster is one of three rivers in the Frankfurt city forest , next to the Königsbach, which is further east and also flows into the Main from the left, and the stream vom Mörderbrunnen, which flows into the Königsbach from the right.

After crossing under federal highway 40 in a westerly direction, the Kelster reaches the Kelsterbach district. It flows through the wetland of the Riedwiese, runs a short distance parallel to the Amselpfad, and finally flows into the Main on the northern outskirts of Kelsterbach.

Localities

The villages on the Kelster include (viewed downstream):

Frankfurt-Schwanheim (Hesse)
Kelsterbach (Hesse)

literature

Kelster. In: City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (ed.): City waters - discover rivers, streams, oxbow lakes. Frankfurt 2004, p. 42.

Web links

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

Kelster at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the City of Frankfurt am Main
Water profile and program of measures 2494.1 ( Memento from January 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) ( Notes ) → Overview of all Hessian river systems (PDF, 1.7 MB) Kelsterbach

Individual evidence

↑ Topographic map 1:25 000
↑ ATKIS 1: 25,000
↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Urban waters - discovering rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, p. 42: Chapter Kelster
↑ Type 19: Small low rivers in river and stream valleys
↑ Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Office (ed.): City waters - lakes, ponds, ponds . In it: official map of the waters in the urban area. Frankfurt am Main, 2003.
^ City of Frankfurt am Main, Forestry Office (ed.): From Altheeg to Vierherrnstein - names in the Frankfurt city forest . Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald , Kreisverband Frankfurt eV, 1988, p. 75.

[tk25-1] Topographic map 1:25 000

[aktis-2] ATKIS 1: 25,000

[hmulv-3] Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

[DE-HE_WRRL-4] Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

[Stadtgewaesser42-5] Urban waters - discovering rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, p. 42: Chapter Kelster

[6] Type 19: Small low rivers in river and stream valleys

[7] Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Office (ed.): City waters - lakes, ponds, ponds . In it: official map of the waters in the urban area. Frankfurt am Main, 2003.

[8] City of Frankfurt am Main, Forestry Office (ed.): From Altheeg to Vierherrnstein - names in the Frankfurt city forest . Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald , Kreisverband Frankfurt eV, 1988, p. 75.