Bracht is a river of

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. It flows into the Kinzig in

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. In large sections, it formed the border between the former

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, on the right bank, and the

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on the left bank. Even after the

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, this administrative segregation continued in different districts.

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Rivers of Hesse Rivers of the Vogelsberg Rivers of Germany {{Hesse-river-stub

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