Rohrbach (Fulda)

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Rohrbach
The Rohrbach in Gerterode

The Rohrbach in Gerterode

Data
Water code DE : 42714
location District of Hersfeld-Rotenburg , Hesse , Germany
River system Weser
source About 1.8 km northeast of the Ludwigsauer district Ersrode
50 ° 59 ′ 23 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 8 ″  E
Source height 423  m above sea level NN
confluence About 500 m east of the Ludwigsauer district of Reilos in the Fulda coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 31 ″  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 9 ″  E 50 ° 54 ′ 31 ″  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 9 ″  E
Mouth height 193  m above sea level NN
Height difference 230 m
Bottom slope 13 ‰
length 18 km
Catchment area 73.9 km²
Left tributaries Lingelbach (5.6 km, 7.6 km²), Rödersgraben (3.5 km)
Right tributaries Malchusbach (3.7 km, 5.2 km²), Endersbach (4.9 km, 10.7 km²), Biedebach (6.4 km, 10.4 km²)
Communities various districts of Ludwigsau , s. u.

The Rohrbach is an 18 km long left or western tributary of the Fulda in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg ( East Hesse ) and belongs to the river system of the Weser . The Rohrbach is a second order watercourse .

geography

The Rohrbach rises in the northeastern part of the Knüllgebirge , on the watershed between Ersrode and Ludwigseck Castle . The source is about 423 m above sea level. NN on a southern slope of the Rehkopf it in the area of ​​the municipality of Alheim . About 500 meters south of the source, not far from the L3253 state road, a stream flowing from the west joins the still young Rohrbach. After another 700 m, the Rohrbach flows through the Geisteich (on the L3253).

View into the Rohrbach valley from Rohrbach with Tann (in front) and Gerterode
The confluence of the Rohrbach in the Fulda

Then it flows in a south-easterly direction through the districts of the following districts of the municipality Ludwigsau : Beenhausen , Niederthalhausen , Gerterode , Tann , Rohrbach and Reilos .

The most important side valleys of the Rohrbach valley are the Endersbach valley with the Ludwigsauer district Oberthalhausen and the settlement Emmerichsrode as well as the Biedebach valley with the Ludwigsauer district Biedebach of the same name .

The Malchus valley on the upper reaches of the Rohrbach with the Malchu pond is under nature protection.

At the Ludwigsaumühle, in the Ludwigsauer district of Reilos, the Rohrbach flows out at 193 m above sea level. NN in the Fulda.

The Rohrbach has a catchment area of ​​73.78 km².

Culture

The Rohrbachtal is also called Besengrund because in the past many small farmers in the wooded Rohrbachtal were dependent on the sideline of broom making.

Use of hydropower

None of the formerly numerous mills in the Rohrbachtal are used in the historical way today. In addition to the grain mills in the local areas, water power was used for wood cutting: cutting mill on Rohrbach between Beenhausen and Niederthalhausen, sawmill on Trunsbach between Niederthalhausen and Gerterode. There are currently two private turbines in Reilos, in which the water is used to generate electricity.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

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