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Gera River
The Gera is a river in Thuringia, Germany. The Gera is a right tributary of the Unstrut. It originates in the Thuringian Forest, west of Ilmenau. The Gera is formed in Plaue, by the confluence of the Wilde Gera and the Zahme Gera. It empties into the Unstrut in Straußfurt. The total length of the Gera (including Wilde Gera) is . The largest towns along the Gera are Arnstadt and Erfurt. The city Gera is not situated along the River Gera. Along its way, Gera River splits up and reunites multiple times. Branches of the Gera are: * Converging Tributaries: Wilde Gera, Zahme Gera * Erfurt Area: Flutgraben (constructed after 1873 in order to protect Erfurt from flooding, this was successful), Bergstrom, Breitstrom, Zahme Gera * Between Erfurt and the Unstrut: Gera, Schmale Gera, Mahlgera The original name of Gera River was ''Erphes River'' (Latin for brown, muddy water), which survived in the name of Erfurt coming from “ford at Erphes River”. See also *List of rivers of Thur ...
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Thuringian Forest
The Thuringian Forest (''Thüringer Wald'' in German language, German ) is a mountain range in the southern parts of the Germany, German state of Thuringia, running northwest to southeast. Skirting from its southerly source in foothills to a gorge on its north-west side is the Werratal, Werra valley. On the other side of the Forest is an upper outcrop of the North German Plain, the Thuringian Basin, which includes the city Erfurt. The south and south-east continuation of the range is the highland often called the Thuringian Highland, Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate Mountains. Among scattered foothills at its northern foot are the towns Eisenach, Gotha and Arnstadt. The towns of Ilmenau and Suhl sit in slight dips on the range itself to the north and south respectively. Geography and communications The Thuringian Forest forms a continuous chain of ancient rounded mountains with steep slopes to both sides and poses ample difficulties in transit routing save through a few navigable ...
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Arnstadt
Arnstadt () is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, on the river Gera (river), Gera about south of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. Arnstadt is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia, and has a well-preserved historic centre with a partially preserved town wall. The town is nicknamed ("The Gateway to the Thuringian Forest") because of its location on the northern edge of that forest. Arnstadt has a population of approximately 27,000. Geography The town centre is on the west side of the River Gera. The municipality has absorbed several neighbouring municipalities: Angelhausen–Oberndorf (1922), Siegelbach (1994), Rudisleben (1999) and Wipfratal (2019). The neighbouring municipalities are Amt Wachsenburg, Alkersleben, Dornheim, Bösleben-Wüllersleben, Stadtilm, Ilmenau, Plaue and Geratal. Climate The annual precipitation averages 487 mm. History A deed of gift issued 1 May 704 in Würzburg by the Thuringian Duke Hedan II to the Anglo-Saxon bishop Willibrord of Archdioc ...
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Rivers Of Thuringia
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sediment or alluvium carried by rivers shapes the landscape ar ...
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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 * Elschnitztalbach * Elte * Emse * Erbstrom * Erle F * Felda * Freibach * Frieda G * Gabelbach * Geislede *Gera * Geroder Eller * Gessenbach * Gleise * Göltzsch * Gönnerbach * Göritz * Gramme *Grumbach * Grümpen H * Habergrund * Hädderbach * Hahle * Hasel * Helme * Herpf * Hörsel * Humbach, tributary of the Ilm * Humbach, tributary of the Schwarzbach I * Ifta * Ilm * Itz J * Jüchnitz * Jüchse K * Katza * Kieselbach * Klettenberger Mühlgraben *Körnbach * Kotschau * Kupferbach L * Laucha * Lauter * Lauterbach * Leina * Leine * Lempertsbach * Lengwitz * Leutra, a tributary of the Saale in the centre of Jena * Leutra, a tributary of the Saale in the district Maua of Jena *Lichte * Lichtenau * Linderbach * Lohme * Loquitz * Lossa * L ...
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Schmale Gera
Schmale Gera is a river of Thuringia, Germany. It is a distributary of the Gera in Erfurt. It flows into the Gramme near Werningshausen Werningshausen is a municipality in the Sömmerda district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanni .... The Narrow Gera is a long tributary of the Gera River, which begins in the center of the Thuringian capital Erfurt and runs parallel to its main course in the flat center of the Thuringian Basin until shortly before the district town of Sömmerda . Course The Schmale Gera branches off to the right in the Venice Park in the old town of Erfurt from the Wilder Gera, at the end of the section called Breitstrom . Shortly afterwards, the narrow Gera crosses under the main river of the Gera, known as the flood ditch, in a culvert . Culvert of the Schmalen Gera (back) under the flood ditch (front) fr ...
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Breitstrom
The Breitstrom is a branch of the river Gera in the old part of the city of Erfurt, Thuringia, central Germany. 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 * Els ... Rivers of Thuringia 0Breitstrom Rivers of Germany {{Thuringia-river-stub ...
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Flutgraben
The Flutgraben is a canal in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany. It is a flood control channel, created between 1890 and 1898 in order to prevent flooding of the river Gera Gera () is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of ... in the city centre of Erfurt. Canals in Germany Geography of Thuringia Buildings and structures in Erfurt Canals opened in 1898 CFlutgraben {{Thuringia-geo-stub ...
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Gera
Gera () is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of cities consisting of the six largest Thuringian cities from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena to Gera in the east. Gera is the largest city in the Vogtland, and one of its historical capitals along with Plauen, Greiz and Weida, Thuringia, Weida. The city lies in the East Thuringian Hill Country, in the wide valley of the White Elster, between Greiz (upstream) and Leipzig (downstream). Gera is located in the Central German Metropolitan Region, approximately south of Saxony's largest city of Leipzig, east of Thuringia's capital Erfurt, west of Saxony's capital Dresden and 90 km (56 miles) north of Bavaria's city of Hof (Saale). First mentioned in 995 and developing into a city during the 13th century, Gera has ...
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Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest, and in the middle of a line of the six largest Thuringian cities ('':de:Thüringer Städtekette, Thüringer Städtekette''), stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east. Together with Kassel and Göttingen, it is one of the cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants lying closest to the geographic centre of Germany. Erfurt is south-west of Leipzig, north-east of Frankfurt, south-west of Berlin and north of Munich. Erfurt's old town is one of the best preserved medieval city centres in Germany. The Gera (river), Gera is spanned by the Krämerbrücke, Merchants' Bridge (''Krämerbrücke''), one of the rare bridges with ho ...
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Straußfurt
Straußfurt is a municipality in the Sömmerda district of Thuringia, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... The former municipality Henschleben was merged into Straußfurt in December 2019. References Sömmerda (district) {{Sömmerda-geo-stub ...
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Unstrut
The Unstrut ( or ) is a river in Germany and a left tributary of the Saale. The Unstrut originates in northern Thuringia near Dingelstädt (west of Kefferhausen in the Eichsfeld area) and its catchment area is the whole of the Thuringian Basin. It breaks out of the basin through the Thuringian Gate west of Heldrungen and, in its lower reaches, flows through Saxony-Anhalt before emptying into the Saale near Naumburg. The total length of the Unstrut is . Towns along the Unstrut include Mühlhausen, Sömmerda, Bad Frankenhausen, Artern, Roßleben, and Freyburg. The main tributaries of the Unstrut are the Gera, Wipper, Helme, and Lossa. The countryside around the Saale and Unstrut rivers forms the wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut. The well-known brand of sparkling wine, ''Rotkäppchen'' (" Little Red Riding Hood") is produced in the cellars of Freyburg. Name Old High German ''Strödu'' means 'boggy thicket' and ''un-'' is a prefix to intensify the meaning, and s ...
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Zahme Gera
Zahme Gera is a river of Thuringia, Germany. At its confluence with the Wilde Gera in Plaue, the Gera is formed. 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 * Els ... Rivers of Thuringia Rivers of Germany {{Thuringia-river-stub ...
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