Fulda (river)

Fulda
The Fulda in Kassel
Course of the Fulda shown in red
Location
Country	Germany
States	Hesse and Lower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Rhön
• coordinates	50°29′40″N 9°56′42″E / 50.49444°N 9.94500°E / 50.49444; 9.94500
• elevation	850 m (2,790 ft)
Mouth
• location	Weser
• coordinates	51°25′16″N 9°38′54″E / 51.42111°N 9.64833°E / 51.42111; 9.64833
Length	220.4 km (137.0 mi) 1
Basin size	6,947 km2 (2,682 sq mi) 2
Basin features
Progression	Weser→ North Sea
Tributaries
• left	Schlitz, Eder
• right	Haune, Losse

The Fulda (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊlda] ^ⓘ) is a river of Hesse and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is one of two headstreams of the Weser (the other one being the Werra). The Fulda is 220.4 kilometres (137.0 mi) long.¹

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 to the east and the beginning of the Reinhardswald forest to the 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:

• Gersfeld
• Fulda
• Bad Hersfeld
• Bebra
• Rotenburg an der Fulda
• Melsungen
• Kassel