Suhl is a river of
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It flows into the
Werra
The Werra (), a river in central Germany, is the right-bank headwater of the Weser. "Weser" is a synonym in an old dialect of German. The Werra has its source near Eisfeld in southern Thuringia. After the Werra joins the river Fulda in the t ...
near
Berka/Werra
Berka/Werra (also Berka an der Werra) is a town and a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Werra-Suhl-Tal. It is situated on the river Werra, 19 km west of Eise ...
.
The river has its source in the municipality of
Moorgrund, west of
Etterwinden on the western slope of the
Pfaffenberg. The Suhl then flows through
Kupfersuhl,
Ettenhausen an der Suhl
Ettenhausen an der Suhl is a village and a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Since July 2018, it is part of the town Bad Salzungen
Bad Salzungen () is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of th ...
, where it is crossed by the Werra railway, and the
Lindigshof to
Marksuhl
Marksuhl is a village and a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Since July 2018, it is part of the municipality Gerstungen.
Geography
Marksuhl is located in the center of the Wartburgkreis district, approximat ...
. Between Ettenhausen and Lindigshof, the Suhl is dammed up in the Ettenhausen dam, which was built at the end of the 1980s.
Marksuhl is the largest town in the Suhl valley. West of Marksuhl follow the villages of
Wünschensuhl,
Fernbreitenbach,
Hausbreitenbach and
Herda, all districts of the
Werra-Suhl valley. In Hausbreitenbach the Suhl fed a pond which surrounded the former moated castle of .
Below the Berka industrial estate the Suhl then flows into the Werra between Berka and
Gerstungen
Gerstungen is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. In July 2018 the former municipalities of Marksuhl and Wolfsburg-Unkeroda were merged into Gerstungen.
History
Between 1945 and 1990, Gerstungen station served a ...
. The last 500 metres or so of the Suhl are shown on the topographical map as the Kleine Werra, after a former branch of the Werra.
Like almost all small rivers, the Suhl has been used as mill water by the neighbouring communities since the Middle Ages.
See also
*
List of rivers of Thuringia
A list of rivers of Thuringia, Germany:
A
*Alster
* Apfelstädt
* Ascherbach
* Auma
B
* Biber
* Bibra
* Blambach
* Bode
* Breitenbach
*Breitstrom
D
*Dammbach
* Deube
* Dober
* Dürrbach
E
* Effelder
* Eichbach
* Ellenbach
*Eller
*Elschni ...
Rivers of Thuringia
Rivers of Germany
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