The Wisper is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
,
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 ...
, right tributary of the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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. Its source is in the western
Taunus
The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is ''Großer Feldberg'' at 878 m; other notable peaks are ''Kleiner Feldberg'' (825 m) and ''Altkönig'' (798 m).
The Taunus range spans ...
,
Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis is part of the Darmstadt region; its main administrative seat is Bad Schwalbach. Outposted sections of the local administration are located in Idstein and R ...
district, near a small village named Wisper (municipality
Heidenrod
Heidenrod is a municipality in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Seat of municipal administration is to be found in the most populated municipal district, in Laufenselden.
Geography
Location
He ...
). It flows southwest through a densely forested valley with some medieval castle ruins surrounded by a popular hiking area. A man-made lake, the
Wispersee, is stocked with trout and is a popular fishing destination. The Wisper flows into the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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at
Lorch.
The river ran through the temporary state
Free State Bottleneck from 1919 to 1923.
See also
List of rivers in 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 K ...
References
Rivers of Hesse
Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Rivers of the Taunus
Middle Rhine
Rivers of Germany
Rheingau
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