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Water code | DE : 44472 | |
location | Waldeck-Frankenberg district , Hesse , Germany | |
River system | Weser | |
Drain over | Twiste → Diemel → Weser → North Sea | |
source | near Diemelstadt - Rhoden 51 ° 27 ′ 32 ″ N , 8 ° 59 ′ 51 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 305 m above sea level NN | |
muzzle | at Volkmarsen in the Twiste coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 17 ″ N , 9 ° 7 ′ 12 ″ E 51 ° 25 ′ 17 ″ N , 9 ° 7 ′ 12 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 176 m above sea level NN | |
Height difference | approx. 129 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 10 ‰ | |
length | 12.4 km | |
Catchment area | 35.361 km² | |
Right tributaries | Black Puhle , Wilpe |
The wall is a 12.4 km long, left-hand or western tributary of the Twiste in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse ( Germany ).
course
The stream rises around 1 km south-southwest of Rhoden , the core town of Diemelstadt . Its source is about 900 m north of the Georgenhof estate and north of the wooded Helle ( 331 m above sea level ) in an agricultural area at around 305 m above sea level. NN .
Initially, the wall flows a few hundred meters to the east and then south-south-east through a forest-lined valley, in which it crosses federal highway 252 , to Schmillinghausen , a northern district of Bad Arolsen . Immediately after flowing through the village, the Schwarze Puhle flows in from the west . Then the wall runs eastward through agricultural area, where it flows a few hundred meters south of the Herbsen district of Volkmarsen and passes the Mederich desert with the Mederike castle stables on state road 3081 .
Finally , the wall opens out about five kilometers east of Herbsen at about 176 m above sea level. NN in the Diemel tributary Twiste .
Catchment area and tributaries
The tributaries of the wall, the catchment area of which is 35.361 km², include with their length and estuary position ( viewed downstream ):
- Schwarze Puhle (4 km, 11.393 km²) - on the right-hand side directly below Schmillinghausen
- Wilpe (9.8 km, 8.189 km²) - on the right just before the confluence with the Twiste, near Volkmarsen