Willow (Ulster)

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Weid
Weidbach
Data
Water code EN : 4144
location Thuringia , Hesse ; Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Ulster  → Werra  → Weser  → North Sea
source Landgrave fountain on the western slope of the Elbow , Thuringian Hohe Rhön
50 ° 33 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 48 ″  E
Source height approx.  765  m
muzzle Hessian Kuppenrhön in Wendershausen Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '57 "  N , 10 ° 0' 55"  E 50 ° 37 '57 "  N , 10 ° 0' 55"  E
Mouth height approx.  365  m
Height difference approx. 400 m
Bottom slope approx. 39 ‰
length 10.3 km
Catchment area 36.7 km²
Discharge (extrapolated)
A Eo : 36.7 km²
at the mouth 		MNQ
MQ
Mq
 		105 l / s
539 l / s
14.7 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Mühlbach
Right tributaries Fischbach
Communities Oberweid , Unterweid , Hundsbach- Herdathurm, Wendershausen

The Weid , also called Weidbach , is a 10 km long orographic right-hand tributary of the Ulster in the Rhön . It rises in the administrative community Hohe Rhön , district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen , Thuringia , and has its upper and middle course there, until the lower course flows into the Ulster in the area of ​​the town of Tann , district of Fulda , Hesse .

course

The Weid rises on the western slope of the Elbow in the north of the Langen Rhön (part of the Hohe Rhön ) at an altitude of about 765 meters and initially flows north, where it soon enters the Auersberger Kuppenrhön (part of the Kuppenrhön ), via Oberweid to Unterweid . Then it turns to the northwest, where it crosses the state border to Hesse and reaches Wendershausen via Hundsbach- Herdathurm , where it flows into the Ulster at about 365 meters above sea level.

On its 10.3 kilometer run, it overcomes a difference in altitude of 400 meters, which corresponds to the comparatively high mean bed gradient of almost 40 ‰.

Catchment area and tributaries

Despite its small catchment area of ​​only 36.7 km², after the taffeta with 70% more catchment area, with a discharge (MQ) of 539 compared to 571 l / s, the Ulster tributary has the most water. This is mainly due to its course on the windward side of the central Rhön, while the Taft and other left Ulster tributaries are on the leeward side of the western Rhön and are only slightly affected by uphill rain . The absolute height differences, which are not least reflected in the bottom slope (see above), also contribute to this.

Only two tributaries are of any importance:

  • the Fischbach, which flows into Unterweid from the north or to the right (sometimes also marked with Weid on maps - 4144-2; 3.0 km, 4.8 km²), which previously passed Hundsbach- Kleinfischbach
  • the south of Hundsbach from the south or to the left opens Mühlbach (4144-4; km 7.1, 9.1 sq km), the previously Hilders - Simmershausen and the dog Bacher sub-locality Dippach has passed

All other pasture tributaries only reach lengths of less than 2 kilometers and, viewed individually, only drain very small areas.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ↑ a b Lengths of the tributaries of the Ulster in Thuringia by measuring the respective geopath (kmz, 76 kB)
  3. ↑ Thuringian State Institute for the Environment (ed.): Area and water code index and map. Jena 1998; 26 pp.
  4. ↑ a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )