Porta Hassiaca
The Porta Hassiaca or Hessische Pforte is the breakthrough of the Eder from the Wildunger Senke into the Fritzlarer Ederflur (natural area 343.211) and the Wabern plain (natural area No. 343.21). It is located in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district about two kilometers west of the city of Fritzlar .
The Eder flows there, coming from the west and from the Edersee , between the Büraberg on its right, southern bank and the Eckerich, belonging to the Waldecker red sandstone ridge, on its left, northern bank. Today it flows in a right-hand bend close to the foot of the Büraberg, which, as the northeasternmost edge of the Hessenwald, protrudes from the southwest into the Edertal, before it turns sharply to the left (northwest) and flows past Fritzlar to the east-northeast.
Two important traffic arteries run on the south bank of the river, the railway line Wabern - Bad Wildungen (still in operation section of the railway line Wabern – Brilon Wald ) and the federal road 253 .
The Eder tributary, the Elbe , coming from the north flows into the Eder in the area of Porta Hassiaca.
As early as the 13th century, the city of Fritzlar built a large weir in the Porta Hassiaca to divert part of the Eder water into its mill ditch . The weir still exists today in a renovated form and supplies the fish farm on the left side of the river and, via the Mühlengraben, the Blaumühle run-of-river power plant in Fritzlar with an installed capacity of 362 kW.
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 '30 " N , 9 ° 14' 52.8" E
Footnotes
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literature
- Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , 2nd edition, Volume 10, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York, 1998, (p. 89), ISBN 978-3-11-015102-2