Ohm Confluence at Cölber Eck

The Ohm has its source in the Hohen Vogelsberg and almost 60 kilometers later it meets the still young Lahn here at the Cölber Eck. Not only two rivers, but also completely different landscapes such as Burgwald, Amöneburg Basin and Marburg Lahntal meet here. Around the turn of the millennium, far-reaching redesigns were carried out as renaturation measures in the estuary area. Today, the Cölber Eck is a popular habitat for various bird species such as the little ringed plover.

The Cölber Eck is a special landscape.
Not only do so diverse rivers like Lahn, Wetschaft, Ohm and Red Water come together, but also four completely different natural areas: the upper Lahn Valley, the Marburg Lahn Valley, the Burgwald and the Amöneburg Basin. But even in the distant past, when our landscape was still in the making, the Cölber Eck had a special meaning. Here the Lahn did not initially bend to the south as we know it today, but continued to flow northeast, around Kirchhain and then together with the prehistoric Ohm through the Ebsdorfer Grund. That was about 5 million years ago. Only later did the Lahn find its way south with a breakthrough on Eibenhardt, the Ohm followed.

Here you can chill out on the shore.