Weidas

The Weidas, also called the Weidasserbach, is a roughly eleven-kilometre-long, orographically right-hand tributary of the Selz in the German region of Rhenish Hesse.

Weidas
Location
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Region	Rhenish Hesse
Reference no.	DE: 2522
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Near Ilbesheim
• coordinates	49°41′35″N 8°05′12″E
• elevation	282 m above sea level (NHN)
Mouth
• location	Near Framersheim into the Selz
• coordinates	49°45′33″N 8°10′01″E
• elevation	151 m above sea level (NHN)
Length	11.072 km (6.880 mi)[1]
Basin size	36.81 km2 (14.21 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
Progression	Selz→ Rhine→ North Sea
River system	Rhine

Course

The Weidas rises near Freimersheim and empties into the Rhine tributary of the Selz near Framersheim from the southwest. From its source to Dautenheim [de] (a district of Alzey) it is also called the Aufspringbach. It flows in sequence through Wahlheim, Kettenheim, Dautenheim and Gau-Heppenheim.

Tributaries

• Aufspring (left), south of Freimersheim, 0.7 km (0.43 mi)
• Freimersheimer Bach (Flutgraben) (left), north of Freimersheim, 0.8 km (0.50 mi)
• Esselborn (Esselborner Bach) (right), near the Hessensteigermühle mill, 2.1 km (1.3 mi)
• Gau-Heppenheimerbach (right), northeast of the Mohrenmühle [de] mill, 1.8 km (1.1 mi)

See also

• List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate