Gänsbach is a creek in

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. It is about 4.5 kilometres long and one of the headstreams of the

Merkenfritzerbach Merkenfritzerbach is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Nidder in Hirzenhain. See also *List of rivers of Hesse This is a list of rivers of Hesse, Germany: A * Aar, tributary of the Dill * Aar, tributary of the Lahn * Aar, ...

(the other is the Mühlbach river). However, some people consider the Gänsbach creek to be the upper part of the Mühlbach river.