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)
Basin size	36.81 km2 (14.21 sq mi)
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 (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 mill, 1.8 km (1.1 mi)

See also

• List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate