Osterbach (Eder)

Osterbach
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location	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis , Hesse , Germany
River system	Weser
Drain over	Eder  → Fulda  → Weser  → North Sea
source	West slope Wet Plate 51 ° 5 ′ 39 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 45 ″  E
Source height	approx.  375  m
muzzle	Unthought, at the sports field coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 34 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 21 ″  E 51 ° 7 ′ 34 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 21 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  179  m
Height difference	approx. 196 m
Bottom slope	approx. 46 ‰
length	4.3 km
Medium-sized cities	Fritzlar, Unthought district

The Osterbach is a 4.25 kilometer long, right or southern tributary of the Eder , which flows into the Eder in the Unthanken district of the city of Fritzlar .

course

The Osterbach rises on Mittelberg near Wenzigerode, a district of Bad Zwesten , in the densely wooded basement forest . It flows in a general north or north-northwest direction down to Unthanken. He takes the of Rothhelmshausen coming down Rupp Bach , which is taken within the local since 1956 in pipes. Then it flows the last 300 meters through the village and under the federal road 253 in a stream bed that has been concreted since 1956 into the Eder.

The mouth of the Osterbach is at the level of the Ungedanken location at Ederkilometer 31.7.