Lorfe

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Lorfe
Data
Water code DE : 428512
location Kellerwald , Waldeck-Frankenberg District , Hesse ( Germany )
River system Weser
Drain over Eder  → Fulda  → Weser  → North Sea
source on the south-eastern edge of Frankenau
51 ° 5 ′ 17 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 16 ″  E
Source height approx.  428  m above sea level NHN
muzzle near Vöhl - Schmittlotheim in the Eder coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 20 ″  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 56 ″  E 51 ° 9 ′ 20 ″  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 56 ″  E
Mouth height 248.5  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 179.5 m
Bottom slope approx. 18 ‰
length approx. 9.9 km 
- with Großer Lorfe : approx. 11.8 km
- with Kleiner Lorfe : approx. 11.2 km
Catchment area 24.281 km²
Discharge  (extrapolated)
A Eo : 24.281 km²
at the mouth
MNQ 1961/1990
MQ 1961/1990
Mq 1961/1990
21 l / s
246 l / s
10.1 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries see below
Right tributaries see below
Small towns Frankenau
Communities Vöhl

The Lorfe , also called Lorfebach , is an approximately 9.9 km long, south-south-east and orographically right tributary of the Eder in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse . Together with its left source stream, the Großer Lorfe , it is around 11.8 km long and with its right source stream, the Kleine Lorfe , around 11.2 km long.

course

The Lorfe arises in the western foothills of the Kellerwald on the southeast edge of the core town of Frankenau from the union of Großer and Kleiner Lorfe . Its origin is near a soccer field on Landesstraße  3085 ( Wildunger Straße ) at about 428  m above sea level. NHN . While three sections of the western borders of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park extend to the eastern flanks of its valley, the stream flows in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park :

Initially, the Lorfe runs in the Frankenauer Flur , part of the Niederkellerwald natural area , in a north-easterly direction through the Frankenau core town. It then flows in the Lotheimer Täler valleys , which are part of the same natural area, in a narrow and forest-lined valley, taking up the brook from the Harzberg and running a little west along the L 3085, to and through the Frankenau district of Altenlotheim . Then the flowing water runs north-north-west in a somewhat wider valley further west along the L 3085 to and through Schmittlotheim , a district of Vöhl .

Then, shortly after crossing under the federal road 252 , which forms the border of the Kellerwald-Edersee nature park , flows into the Fulda tributary Eder at a height of 248.5  m ; Opposite its mouth to the north, and thus beyond the Eder, is the former Schmittlotheim train station on the Lower Edertal Railway, which can be reached via an Eder bridge near the mouth of the Lorf .

Catchment area and tributaries

The catchment area of the Lorfe is 24.281 km². Their tributaries include with orographic allocation (l = left-hand side, r = right-hand side) , length of water, mouth location with Lorfebach kilometers and catchment area size (viewed downstream) :

  • Große Lorfe (l; Quellbach; 1.9 km), on the southeast edge of Frankenau (near km 9.9)
  • Kleine Lorfe (r; Quellbach; 1.3 km), on the south-eastern edge of Frankenau (near km 9.9)
  • Rennbach (right, 2.7 km), below Frankenaus (at 7.1 km)
  • Bach from Harzberg (r; 2.75 km), between Frankenau and Altenlotheim (at km 5.4), 3.704 km²
  • Hasenbach (right, 2.1 km), in Altenlotheim (at km 3.9)
  • Elsbach (r; 2.3 km), in Schmittlotheim (at km 0.95), 2.105 km²

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. a b c d e f g Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  3. Water profile and program of measures 428512.1 ( Memento from January 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) ( Notes ) → Overview of all Hessian river systems (PDF, 1.7 MB) Lorfe
  4. The MNQ values ​​cover the 20-year period 1979/1998.

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