Orpe

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Orpe
Data
Water code EN : 4434
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Hessen ( Germany )
River system Weser
Drain over Diemel  → Weser  → North Sea
source southeast of Marsberg - Canstein
near Massenhauser Höhe
51 ° 23 ′ 24 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 13 ″  E
Source height 366  m above sea level NHN
muzzle near Diemelstadt - Wrexen
in the Diemel coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 43 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 16 ″  E 51 ° 30 ′ 43 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 16 ″  E
Mouth height 197  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 169 m
Bottom slope 8.8 ‰
length 19.1 km
Catchment area 98.137 km²

The Orpe is a 19.1 km long, southern and orographically right tributary of the Diemel in the Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia and in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse ( Germany ).

geography

course

The Orpe flows from at least two sources in the Westphalian Sauerland :

  • According to the German basic map, the first source of the Orpe is around 190 m from the border with the Waldeck-Frankenberg district and thus with northern Hesse . It is located on the northern roof of the Waldecker Tafel about 1.4 km southeast of the south-eastern Marsberg district of Canstein in a wooded valley about 700 m north of the unwooded Massenhauser Höhe ( 432.5  m above sea  level ) at an altitude of about 365  m . From there, the 19.1 km river length is measured in the aforementioned map.
  • The second source of the Orpe, the Orpequelle , is located a little below Canstein at the Sambtmühle, which is in / on a pond in the middle of fish ponds ( pouring : 300 liters of water per second).
  • Another source, called Güthing , which is also described as the origin of the Kleppe , is also located below Canstein and a little above the aforementioned "Orpe spring" at the ruins of the "Mühle am Güthing".

From its most remote source that Hauser mass close to the height that Orpe flows mainly in a northerly direction by the mainly agricultural hill landscape of the Red Lands (Hessian-Westphalia plateau east and south of Mars Hill). After leaving the first forest area, the stream runs towards Canstein, on the southern edge of which is Canstein Castle . In front of the village it feeds two ponds , only to flow eastwards past a sports field and pass the village to the east, with the “cultural monument of the former castle Schwedenschanze ” east of the river . Below Canstein, where the aforementioned sources “Orpequelle” and “Güthing” are located, the Kleppe , coming from the south-west, flows in. Up to this point, with a total length of 7.6 km, it is considerably longer than the 2 km long from the direction of Massenhauser Height coming Orpeoberlauf.

A little further downstream, the Orpe feeds numerous ponds at the "Udorfer Mühle" and then runs roughly along the eastern edge of the south-eastern Marsberg district of Udorf . The water then crosses the state border with Hesse, so that the flowing water flows through the northern part of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district.

In this northern Hessian district, the Orpe passes the Schlagmühle directly east of Kohlgrund and then Eilhausen , which are both districts of Bad Arolsen . A little further north it flows east past Neudorf , a district of Diemelstadt , after which it flows through the Orpe Valley , which is a maximum of 100 m deep and lined with wooded mountains. In this valley, the Orpe runs past the Denkelhof and Roths hammer buildings . It reaches the Orpethal district of Diemelstadt , after which it passes the Piggenhammer.

After crossing the federal highway 44 , the Orpe flows like a canal through Wrexen , a district of Diemelstadt, to directly below the village at about 196  m above sea level. NHN to flow into the Diemel coming from the west . This results in a total difference in altitude of around 169 m.

In North Rhine-Westphalia, the course of the Orpe lies in the Upper Orpetal landscape protection area and the Lower Orpetal landscape protection area .

Catchment area and tributaries

The tributaries of the Orpe, whose catchment area covers 97.98 km², include the respective orographic allocation (l = left-hand side; r = right-hand side) and - if known - the length in kilometers (km) and the size of the catchment area in square kilometers (km) with the confluence area (viewed downstream):

  • Kleppe (l; 7.6 km; 25.87 km²; below Canstein )
  • Schleiderbicke (r; 2.9 km; near Udorf )
  • Hesselbecke (1; 1.5 km; below Udorf)
  • Hasselbicke (l; 3.1 km; near Eilhausen )
  • Heekerbicke (l; 2.9 km; near Neudorf )
  • Ünkenbicke (r; 2.4 km; below Neudorf)
  • Göttengrund (l; 1.6 km; below Neudorf)
  • Laubach (r; 7.8 km; 17.7 km²; in Wrexen )

Water management

Orpe's hydropower was already being used in the Middle Ages at around 15 hammer and water mill locations. Even then, the Orpe in Wrexen was supplied to Diemelwasser via a mill ditch and this extended mill ditch was passed through Wrexen as Orpe, where around 8 other hammers and mills were operated. Before this canal-like extension was built, the mouth of the Orpe into the Diemel was to the west or above Wrexen.

Trivia

The Orpe with its gloomy water and the Diemel find extensive literary mention in John von Düffel's novel Vom Wasser (1998).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )

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