Urff

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Urff
The Urff near Oberurff-Schiffelborn

The Urff near Oberurff-Schiffelborn

Data
Water code DE : 42886
location Schwalm-Eder district and Waldeck-Frankenberg district ; North Hesse ( Germany )
River system Weser
Drain over Schwalm  → Eder  → Fulda  → Weser  → North Sea
source in the Kellerwald
near Großer Aschkoppe
51 ° 4 ′ 32 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 46 ″  E
Source height approx.  564  m
muzzle in Löwensteiner Grund
near Niederurff Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 13 ″  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 19 ″  E 51 ° 2 ′ 13 ″  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 19 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  193.5  m
Height difference approx. 370.5 m
Bottom slope approx. 18 ‰
length 20.1 km
Catchment area 41.74 km²
Drain MQ
 495 l / s
Communities Armsfeld , Hundsdorf , Oberurff-Schiffelborn , Niederurff

The Urff is a 20.1 km long, western and left tributary of the Schwalm in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg and Schwalm-Eder district , northern Hesse ( Germany ).

course

The Urff rises in the Kellerwald . Its source is located west-southwest of the Hundsdorf district of Bad Wildung and east-northeast of the Haina district of Löhlbach on the transition area between Großer Aschkoppe ( 639.8  m ) in the southeast, Alter Koppe ( 591.4  m ) in the southwest and Wölftekopf ( 567.1  m ) in the north-northeast . A few meters northwest past the above the Ritterwiese at about 564  m above sea level. The source lying on the NHN runs between Löhlbach and Hundsdorf on federal road 253 .

The Urff, which flows around the Great Aschkoppe on its north, north-east and east flanks, runs through the wooded Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park in an initially eastward direction to and through Hundsdorf, where it bends to the south-east towards Armsfeld . Below Armsfeld, south of Auenbergs ( 610.7  m ), turns the creek to the east and flows past the village Fischbach and Bergfreiheit , the castle ruins Lowenstein ( 341.2  m ) passing, and Oberurff-Schiffelborn after Niederurff .

The confluence of the Urff in the Schwalm is in the Löwensteiner Grund below and east of Niederurff at a height of about 193.5  m ; to the northeast opposite rises the Altenburg ( 432.7  m ).

Catchment area and tributaries

The Urff is a body of water III. Order . Its catchment area covers 41.74 km².

The tributaries of the Urff include, among others ( viewed downstream ):

  • Heerbach (on the right; confluence between Hundsdorf and Armsfeld)
  • Appenbach (on the right; confluence between Armsfeld and Berg Freiheit)
  • Kohlbach (on the left; confluence between Armsfeld and Berg Freiheit)

Localities

The Urff in Berg Freiheit

The villages on the Urff are ( viewed downstream ):

Web links

Commons : Urff  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ↑ a b c d Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )