| Werra | |
| Map: | Verlaufskarte Werra.png |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Germany |
| Subdivision Type2: | States |
| Length: | 299.6km (186.2miles) [1] |
| Mouth Location: | confluence with the Fulda in Hann. Münden to form the Weser |
| Basin Size: | 5496km2 |
| Discharge1 Location: | am Pegel Meiningen[2] |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 14m3/s |
| Discharge2 Location: | Vacha |
| Discharge2 Avg: | 23.6m3/s |
| Discharge3 Location: | Gerstungen |
| Discharge3 Avg: | 30.9m3/s |
| Discharge4 Location: | Frankenroda |
| Discharge4 Avg: | 40.6m3/s |
| Discharge5 Location: | Allendorf |
| Discharge5 Avg: | 46.5m3/s |
| Tributaries Right: | Schleuse, Hasel, Hörsel |
| Tributaries Left: | Ulster, Felda, Wehre |
| Custom Label: | Navigable |
| Custom Data: | 89km (55miles)
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The Werra (pronounced as /de/), a river in central Germany, is the right-bank headwater of the Weser. "Weser" is a synonym in an old dialect of German. The Werra has its source near Eisfeld in southern Thuringia. After 293km (182miles) the Werra joins the river Fulda in the town of Hann. Münden, forming the Weser. If the Werra is included as part of the Weser, the Weser is the longest river entirely within German territory at 744km (462miles).
Its valley, the German: Werratal, has many tributaries and is a relative lull between the Rhön Mountains and the Thuringian Forest.
Its attractions include Eiben Forest near Dermbach, an unusual sandstone cave at Walldorf, the deepest lake in Germany formed by subsidence (near Bernshausen), and Krayenburg, the ruins of a castle.
Its towns and main settlements are Hildburghausen, Meiningen, Bad Salzungen, Tiefenort, Merkers-Kieselbach, Vacha, Heringen, Philippsthal, Gerstungen, Wanfried, Eschwege, Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Witzenhausen and Hannoversch Münden.