List of rivers in the Knüll
In the following, the rivers of the Knüll and the immediately adjacent mountain ranges are listed, arranged clockwise, starting on the south side of the Schwalm - Fulda -Wasserscheide.
For a better overview or for sorting downstream, depending on the river system, hyphens are inserted in the DGKZ digits after the digits of the respective main river .
Linked natural spaces are outside the Knüll in the narrower sense, italics written outside the Knüll in the broader sense; Catchment areas and drains in italics only contain part of the actual value (only applies to the Jossa ).
| Surname |
Main river |
Length [km] |
Catchment area [km²] |
Discharge (MQ) [l / s] |
Headwaters (of tributaries) |
Natural space |
DGKZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berf | Schwalm (r) | 20.0 | 42.2 | 218 | Ottrauer Bergland | 355.0 | 4288-16 |
| Bodenbach | Schwalm (r) | 8.2 | 14.2 | 82 | Ottrauer Bergland | 355.0 | 4288-18 |
| otter | Grenff (l) | 5.7 | 8.4 | 55 | Ottrauer Bergland | 355.0 | 428832-52 |
| Grenff | Schwalm (r) | 22.0 | 86.4 | 711 | Ottrauer Bergland | 355.0 | 4288-32 |
| Schorbach | Grenff (r) | 5.3 | 8.3 | 84 | Western Knüll foreland | 356.0 | 428832-4 |
| Buchbach | Grenff (r) | 7.8 | 12.8 | 141 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 428832-6 |
| Urbach | Grenff (r) | 7.4 | 8.1 | 89 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 428832-8 |
| Angersbach | Steina (l) | 6.3 | 5.0 | 41 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 4288332-2 |
| Steina | Schwalm (r) | 13.9 | 20.5 | 167 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 4288-332 |
| Grenzebach | Schwalm (r) | 13.3 | 18.9 | 135 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 4288-334 |
| Gers | Schwalm (r) | 10.3 | 23.7 | 117 | Western Knüll foreland | 356.0 | 4288-38 |
| Merrebach | Olmes (l) | 5.9 | 15.5 | 63 | West Hessian valley | 343 | 428876-2 |
| Olmes | Schwalm (r) | 11.1 | 48.1 | 208 | West Hessian valley | 343 | 4288-76 |
| Lembach | Schwalm (r) | 6.8 | 11.4 | 32 | West Hessian valley | 343 | 4288-78 |
| Grombach | Ohebach (l) | 4.6 | 10.9 | 50 | West Hessian valley | 343 | 428888-4 |
| Ohebach | Efze (l) | 21.7 | 103.4 | 665 | Western Knüll foreland | 356.0 | 42888-8 |
| Niederbach | Ohebach (r) | 6.9 | 16.8 | 113 | Western Knüll foreland | 356.0 | 428888-6 |
| Osterbach | Niederbach (r) | 6.9 | 6.8 | 48 | Western Knüll foreland | 356.0 | 4288886-2 |
| Rinnebach | Ohebach (r) | 15.9 | 30.1 | 239 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 428888-8 |
| Hergetsbach | Efze (l) | 6.5 | 7.4 | 79 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 42888-2 |
| Moat | Efze (l) | 4.4 | 5.4 | 62 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 42888-12 |
| Efze | Schwalm (r) | 38.2 | 220.5 | 1,481 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 4288-8 |
| Breitenbach | Efze (r) | 7.2 | 17.6 | 138 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42888-4 |
| Rhünda | Schwalm (r) | 13.0 | 31.9 | 194 | Homberg highlands | 356.3 | 4288-96 |
| Schiessbach | Eder (r) | 5.4 | 11.3 | 55 | Homberg highlands | 356.3 | 428-914 |
| Breitenbach | Beise (l) | 4.8 | 9.8 | 63 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 4276-6 |
| Lingelbach | Beise (l) | 4.0 | 8.7 | 76 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 4276-4 |
| Beise | Fulda (l) | 20.9 | 63.2 | 447 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42-76 |
| Weights | Fulda (l) | 9.7 | 20.2 | 142 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42-758 |
| Wooden trench | Fulda (l) | 6.6 | 15.2 | 105 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42-754 |
| Mündersbach | Fulda (l) | 8.5 | 16.0 | 108 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42-7512 |
| Rohrbach | Fulda (l) | 18.0 | 73.9 | 576 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42-714 |
| Endersbach | Rohrbach (r) | 4.9 | 10.7 | 77 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42714-4 |
| Biedebach | Rohrbach (r) | 6.4 | 10.4 | 64 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42714-8 |
| Left tributary of the Mühlbach | Geisbach (l) | 4.6 | 9.1 | 69 | Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge | 357.0 | 42596-14 |
| Armesbach | Geisbach (l) | 3.8 | 6.4 | 44 | East Knüll foreland | 356.1 | 42596-12 |
| Geisbach | Fulda (l) | 22.1 | 76.2 | 487 | East Knüll foreland | 356.1 | 42-596 |
| Erzebach | Geisbach (r) | 4.8 | 5.4 | 47 | East Knüll foreland | 356.1 | 42596-2 |
| Meisebach | Fulda (l) | 6.2 | 9.3 | 68 | Kirchheimer Bergland | 355.4 | 42-594 |
| Asbach | Fulda (l) | 5.4 | 9.2 | 49 | Kirchheimer Bergland | 355.4 | 42-58 |
| Wälsebach | Assembly hall (l) | 4.0 | 6.6 | 54 | Kirchheimer Bergland | 355.4 | 4256-392 |
| Goßmannsröder water | Assembly hall (l) | 5.5 | 10.9 | 73 | Kirchheimer Bergland | 355.4 | 4256-38 |
| Kisselbach | Assembly hall (l) | 5.6 | 6.3 | 37 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 4256-6 |
| Osterbach | Assembly hall (l) | 3.2 | 9.5 | 104 | Hochknull | 356.2 | 4256-12 |
| Auditorium | Fulda (l) | 22.6 | 124.8 | 919 | Western Knüll foreland | 356.0 | 42-56 |
| Häuserbach | Auditorium (r) | 2.4 | 9.2 | 76 | Western Knüll foreland | 356.0 | 4256-2 |
| Ibra | Auditorium (r) | 9.7 | 28.1 | 214 | Ottrauer Bergland | 355.0 | 4256-4 |
| Hattenbach | Auditorium (r) | 7.6 | 12.1 | 80 | Ottrauer Bergland | 355.0 | 4256-94 |
| Breitenbach | Jossa (l) | 7.4 | 17.1 | 106 | Ottrauer Bergland | 355.0 | 4254-4 |
| Bees | Jossa (l) | 5.4 | 9.7 | 63 | Ottrauer Bergland | 355.0 | 4254-32 |
| Jossa | Fulda (l) | 22.9 | 122.0 | 780 | Schlitzer Land | 355.1 | 42-54 |