The Weihe river is an 11.5 km long western tributary of the
Werra River in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Dar ...
and the Wartburg district in
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 lar ...
,
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 ...
in
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 Weihe has a catchment area of about 64 km², of which about 60% is accounted for by the Suhl; its discharge is 344 L/s.
Course
The Weihe begins in the Richelsdorfer Mountains. Its source lies east of the village of Bauhaus on the eastern face of the Bauhäuser Höhe (416.3 m above sea level).
Initially, the Weihe flows east-southeast through the village of Süß, after which it runs through the
Richelsdorf Hills and into the village of Richelsdorf. The course of the river then turns toward the Hessian-Thuringian border. After crossing into Thuringia and passing under the Weihetal Bridge and the Thuringian Railway, the Weihe flows through Untersuhl and shortly thereafter meets with the Suhl coming from the west.
The Weihe then bends to the north-northeast, where it flows into the Werra coming from the south. This meeting is 800 m after it flows under the Gerstungen-Vacha railroad line, which branches from the aforementioned Thuringian Railway.
See also
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List of rivers of Hesse
A list of rivers of Hesse, Germany:
A
*Aar, tributary of the Dill
*Aar, tributary of the Lahn
*Aar, tributary of the Twiste
* Aarbach
* Affhöllerbach
* Ahlersbach, tributary of the Kinzig in Schlüchtern-Herolz
* Ahlersbach, tributary of the Ki ...
*
List of rivers of Thuringia
References
Rivers of Hesse
Rivers of Thuringia
Rivers of Germany
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