The Fulda () is a river of
Hesse and
Lower Saxony
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,
Germany
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. It is one of two headstreams of the
Weser
The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...
(the other one being the
Werra). The Fulda is long.
The river arises at
Wasserkuppe in the
Rhön mountains in Hesse. From there it runs northeast, flanked by the
Knüll mountains in the west and the
Seulingswald in the east. Near
Bebra it changes direction to the northwest.
After joining the
Eder river it flows straight north until
Kassel, then changes direction to the northeast, with the
Kaufungen Forest east and the beginning of the
Reinhardswald forest northwest. The north end of the river meets the Werra in
Hannoversch Münden, Lower Saxony, where the Fulda and the Werra join to form the Weser river.
Cities along the Fulda include:
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Gersfeld
*
Fulda
*
Bad Hersfeld
*
Bebra
*
Rotenburg an der Fulda
Rotenburg an der Fulda (, ; officially ''Rotenburg a.d. Fulda'') is a town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, in central Germany, situated, as the name says, on the river Fulda (river), Fulda.
Geography
Location
The town ...
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Melsungen
*
Kassel
See also
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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, tributary of the Twiste
* Aarbach
* Affhöllerbach
* Ahlersbach, tributary of the Kinzig in Schlüchtern-Herolz
* Ahlersbach, tributa ...
*
List of rivers of Lower Saxony
All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea.
A–Z
A
B
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
*Purrmühlenbach
R
S
T
*Tiefenbeek
*Trillkebach
*Trutenbeek
*Twiste (Oste), Twiste
U
*Uffe ...
References
External links
Flight near FuldaVideoclip (10 MB, 1:20 min) from the German sit
Rivers of Hesse
Rivers of Lower Saxony
Federal waterways in Germany
North Hesse
Rivers of Germany
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