Schorbach (Grenff)
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| location | North Hesse | |
| River system | Weser | |
| Drain over | Grenff → Schwalm → Eder → Fulda → Weser → North Sea | |
| muzzle | at the Steinmühle in Grenff Coordinates: 50 ° 49 '33 " N , 9 ° 24' 17" E 50 ° 49 '33 " N , 9 ° 24' 17" E
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The Schorbach is a right tributary of the Grenff in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse .
course
The Schorbach rises north of Olberode im Knüll , is dammed into a pond in the village immediately north of the federal highway 454 , then flows in a generally southwestern direction to Schorbach , turns south before reaching the village, flows through the village, taking the one coming from the west small Wälzebach , and finally flows , after a total of 5.2 km of flow, at the Steinmühle (near river km 17.05) on the right, from the north, into the Grenff.
Name meaning
The name is a combination of the unambiguous -bach and Schor . Schor is an old name of the European pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis , formerly Emys lutaria). It can be assumed that it was located in this brook.
swell
- Edward Schröder: Bach names and settlement names in their relationship to one another . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1940.