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Darmstadt District

Steinau an der Straße

Jossa River

Darmstadt District

Steinau an der Straße

Jossa River

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Jossa River

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Naturpark Hessischer Spessart

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Location: Steinau an der Straße, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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1. Marjoß Pottery Village – Jossa River loop from Marjoß

7.50km

02:03

110m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Rohrbach Gorge – Jossa River loop from Marjoß

8.13km

02:16

160m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Erbsgrundweiher im Ratzerod – Willingsweiher (Biberweiher) loop from Neuengronau

21.5km

05:57

370m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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June 11, 2023

The Jossa is a 32 km long river in the Spessart, which runs in the Main-Kinzig district in southern Hesse. It rises in the Lettgenbrunn district of Jossgrund and flows from the right into the middle reaches of the Sinn in the Jossa district of the municipality of Sinntal. It is a fine-material, siliceous low mountain range stream.

The name consists of the old word Jasa and Old High German aha. They mean showers or precipitation and water. The name of the river passed to the towns of Burgjoss and Marjoss (both originally Jazaha) and to Jossa, which was founded later, and gave its name to the Joßgrund district, the Jossgrund municipality and the former Jossatal municipality.

The Jossaquelle is in the middle of Lettgenbrunn. It is a small, contained source into which the Villbach flows, which is often regarded as the upper reaches and arises about two kilometers to the north-west near Villbach. However, this often has no water in the summer, so that the actual course of the water then begins at the Jossa spring. The spring was used to supply drinking water to Lettgenbrunn until 1951. On September 16, 2007, the redesign of the Jossa source was completed and a natural sandstone was set with a reference to the source.

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JR on Tour

April 29, 2025

Easy road over the Jossa... The Jossa meanders back and forth through its beautiful valley until Marjoß

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Elevation 310 m

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Location: Steinau an der Straße, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Jossa River

1. Marjoß Pottery Village – Jossa River loop from Marjoß

2. Rohrbach Gorge – Jossa River loop from Marjoß

3. Erbsgrundweiher im Ratzerod – Willingsweiher (Biberweiher) loop from Neuengronau

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