Werra
Proper noun
Meaning
Werra
A river in Hesse, Lower Saxony and Thuringia, central Germany.
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After convert the Werra joins the river Fulda in the town of Hann.
Long distance trails include the Werra trail, the Rennsteig trail and the Radweg Thüringer Städtekette ("Thuringian town string trail").
These all connect points of touristic interest, the first along the Werra valley from the Thuringian Forest to the Weser river in Hann.
In 1858, the Werra Railway to Lichtenfels (and further to Nuremberg ) was opened.
Today's environmental problems are the salination of the Werra river, caused by discharges of K+S salt mines around Unterbreizbach and overfertilisation in agriculture, damaging the soil and small rivers.
To the south-west, the Forest is followed up by Werra river valley, dividing it from the Rhön Mountains in the west and the Grabfeld plain in the south.