'Initially the Emmer flows in a northeasterly direction and crosses Langeland. In the village of Erpentrup, the river absorbs the water from the Breitenbach and flows through the areas of the cities of Nieheim, Steinheim to Schieder-Schwalenberg, where it was dammed directly northeast of Schieder after the Diestel and Niese were taken up to the Schiedersee from 1983 to 2015. Since the Schiedersee was threatened by the sediment entry of the Emmer and also represented a migration barrier for aquatic animals, a flood was built on the north shore of the lake from 2012 to 2015. This flood has led the Emmer past the Schiedersee since June 2015. [5] Then the Emmer flows through Lügde and Bad Pyrmont. Not far from its confluence with the Weser, the Emmer flows directly past Hämelschenburg Castle and drives the mill wheel of the historic mill and a modern turbine to generate electricity ... '