
The Ohm (; older ''Amana''
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German academic publishing, scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Friedrich ...
) is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, 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 ...
in
Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
,
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 ...
.
It is a right tributary of the
Lahn
The Lahn () is a , right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the States of Germany, federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (23.0 km), Hesse (165.6 km), and Rhineland-Palatinate (57.0 km).
...
. Its total length is .
The Ohm originates in the
Vogelsberg Mountains, east of the town
Ulrichstein. It flows generally northwest through
Ulrichstein,
Mücke,
Homberg,
Amöneburg,
Kirchhain
Kirchhain () is a town in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Kirchhain is located in the heart of the state of Hesse in Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Geographically, it is surrounded by the Amöneburg Basin on the southeast ...
, and joins the Lahn in
Cölbe, near
Marburg
Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...
. Its largest tributaries are the
Seenbach,
Felda,
Klein,
Wohra and
Rotes Wasser.
References
Rivers of Hesse
Rivers of the Vogelsberg
Vogelsberg
Marburg-Biedenkopf
Rivers of Germany
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