The Nidda is a right
tributary of the river
Main in
Hesse.
It springs from the
Vogelsberg on the Taufstein mountain range near the town of
Schotten, flows through the
Niddastausee dam, and the towns of
Nidda,
Niddatal,
Karben
Karben is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the river Nidda in the Rhein-Main-Gebiet (Rhine-Main area), approximately north of Frankfurt.
Division of the town
Karben as a unified town was founded in ...
, and
Bad Vilbel
Bad Vilbel () is a spa town in Hesse (Hessen), Germany, famous for its many mineral water Spring (hydrology), springs. Bad Vilbel is the largest town in the Wetteraukreis district and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, Frankfurt R ...
. At
Harheim it reaches the
Frankfurt am Main city area and after 90 km enters the Main in Frankfurt's
Höchst quarter.
In the 1920s and 1960s, the flow of the Nidda was regulated to reduce the risk of
floods
A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrolog ...
. The original numerous
meanders turned into
bayou
In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They ...
s, while the riverbed was straightened and made deeper. Since 1993 the Nidda has been partially restored to its natural state and a bicycle path built along the river.
Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Nidda (from source to mouth):
*Left:
Michelbach,
Läunsbach,
Eichelbach,
Hohensteinerbach,
Laisbach,
Wehrbach, Selzenbach,
Nidder, Edelbach
*Right:
Graswiesenbach,
Hohlbach,
Gierbach,
Ulfa,
Salzbach, Hollergraben,
Horloff,
Wetter,
Rosbach, Geringsgraben,
Erlenbach,
Eschbach,
Kalbach
Kalbach is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. Kalbach is about 20 km south of the city of Fulda and 90 km east-northeast of Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on ...
,
Urselbach,
Steinbach,
Westerbach and
Sulzbach.
Image:Höchst Wörthspitze Feb 2007.jpg, Nidda estuary „Wörthspitze“ with houseboats
Image:Niddaquelle_Moor.jpg, The area around the source of the Nidda
Image:Nidda_Nidder_Muendung.jpg, Mouth of the tributary Nidder
References
External links
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Rivers of Hesse
Rivers of the Vogelsberg
Rivers of Germany