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Söhre
The Söhre (also called the Söhrewald) is a forested hill range of the German Central Uplands and a subordinate natural region of the Fulda-Werra Uplands (major unit 357) in North Hesse, Germany. From a natural region perspective the Söhre, according to the Handbook of Natural Region Divisions of Germany is a sub-region (357.70) of the ''Kaufungen Forest and Söhre'' (357.7) and is home to its highest point, the Hirschberg (Kaufungen Forest), Hirschberg (). Colloquially, however, the ''Söhrewald'' is often taken to mean just the west and centre of this region as far as the upper reaches of the Losse (river), Losse, an area which reaches its highest point at Bielstein (Kaufungen Forest), Bielstein (527.8 m). The Großalmerode Graben Zone, which separates the Söhre in the north from the ''Kaufungen Forest Plateau'', is counted as part of the Söhre. Geography Location and natural regions The Söhre is located on the boundary of the two counties of Landkreis Kassel, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Hesse Highlands
The East Hesse Highlands (german: Osthessisches Bergland) describes a heavily wooded range of hills lying mainly in the German state of Hesse, but also extending a little way into Lower Saxony to the north, Thuringia to the east and Bavaria to the southeast. The region is sandwiched between the West Hesse Depression to the west, the Weser Uplands to the north, the Thuringian Basin to the northeast, the northwestern edge of the Thuringian Forest to the east, the Spessart to the south and the Wetterau to the southwest. The East Hesse Highlands forms a natural region (no. 35 or D47) and is both part of the European Central Uplands as well as the Rhine-Weser watershed. It includes the Vogelsberg- Meißner Axis, also known as the Hessian Central Uplands, the East Hesse Depression and the Rhön. The West and East Hesse Highlands together form the ''Hesse Highlands'' and correspond to the geological unit of the ''Hesse Depression'' in its wider sense, because geologically recent layers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Söhrewald
Söhrewald is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 13 kilometers southeast of Kassel. The municipality was formed by the former independent municipalities Eiterhagen, Wattenbach and Wellerode in 1970. Geography Söhrewald borders in the north to the municipality Lohfelden, in the northeast to the municipality Kaufungen and Helsa all three in the district of Kassel), in the east to the city of Hessisch Lichtenau (Werra-Meißner-Kreis), in the south with the city of Melsungen, in the southeast to the municipality Körle and in the west to the municipality Guxhagen Guxhagen is a municipality in Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. Geography Guxhagen lies about 15 km south of Kassel between the Habichtswald Nature Park and the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald Nature Park on the river Fulda. It n ... (all the three in the district of Schwalm-Eder) References Kassel (district) {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulda-Werra Uplands
The Fulda-Werra UplandsAigner, Andreas, Josef Stini and Hans Mortensen. ''Annals of geomorphology'', Gebr. Brontraeger, 1996, p. 298. (german: Fulda-Werra-Bergland) are a major natural regional unit (no. 357) in the East Hesse Highlands (major unit group 35) in East and North Hesse and, with small elements in the southeast, in the German state of Thuringia. Most of the range lies right of the River Fulda and left of the Werra. The uplands extend from the Rhön mountains northwards, to the River Weser near Hann. Münden. The best known and highest mountain and sub-range is the Hoher Meißner in the northeast which reaches a height of . Other well known upland areas are the Kaufungen Forest in the extreme north, the Stölzinger Hills in the centre and the Seulingswald in the south. Hills The hills of the Fulda-Werra Uplands include the following – sorted by height in metres (m) above Normalnull (NN): * Hoher Meißner (753.6 m); ''Hoher Meißner'' in the Meißner region * Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Kassel
Kassel district (German: Landkreis Kassel) is a district in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Northeim, Göttingen, Werra-Meißner, Schwalm-Eder, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Höxter. The independent city of Kassel is nearly completely surrounded by the district. Geography The main river in the district is the Weser, which also forms part of the eastern boundary. Its headstream, the Fulda, flows through the southern part of the district including the city of Kassel. In the north of the district there is the Diemel as a tributary of the Weser. History The area was first populated by the ancient Germanic tribe of Chatti, who later founded the state of Hesse. The present county was disputed between various principalities (Hesse, Mainz, Paderborn, Cologne and Braunschweig) in the early Middle Ages; later it became part of Hesse and Hesse-Kassel. This state was annexed by Prussia in 1866 . The modern federal state of Hesse was founded after 1945. This state reformed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaufungen Forest
The Kaufungen Forest (german: Kaufunger Wald) is a range of steep, wooded hills straddling the border between the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony in central Germany. It takes its name from the town Kaufungen. The hills lie in the fork of the Rivers Fulda and Werra, which meet at Hannoversch Münden just to the north. They are bounded to the west and north-west by the Fulda valley, and to the east and north-east by the Werra valley. The southern boundary is less clearly defined, as the range merges into the gentler hills of the Söhrewald to the south-west, and climbs towards the high plateau of the Hoher Meißner to the south-east. The highest natural point is Hirschberg; however the summit of Bilstein forms a much better natural viewpoint, and since 1869 has been crowned with an observation tower. The present tower was erected in 1889 and extended to its present height of in 1960; it offers panoramic views across the region. Other peaks include Mühlenstein (), Haferberg ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulda (river)
The Fulda () 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 long. 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 east and the beginning of the Reinhardswald forest 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 See also *List of rivers of Hesse *List of rivers of Lower Saxony All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melsungen Upland
Melsungen () is a small climatic spa town in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. In 1987, the town hosted the 27th '' Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Melsungen lies on the river Fulda in the North Hesse Highlands. The streams Pfieffe and Kehrenbach, flow into the Fulda in the town. A few kilometres downstream, the river Eder confluences into the Fulda. Location The nearest large towns are Kassel (downstream, about 22 km to the north) and Bad Hersfeld (upstream, about 32 km to the southeast). Constituent communities Melsungen comprises several smaller communities. In addition to the main community, which is also called Melsungen, there are seven communities named Adelshausen, Günsterode, Kehrenbach, Kirchhof, Obermelsungen, Röhrenfurth and Schwarzenberg. History Historical records of the town date from 802, but it was likely settled much earlier, during the Hallstatt period (9th to 4th Centuries BCE). Middle Ages Melsungen had developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mülmisch
Mülmisch is a river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Fulda in Körle. See also *List of rivers of Hesse A list of rivers of Hesse, Germany: A *Aar, tributary of the Dill *Aar, tributary of the Lahn *Aar, tributary of the Twiste * Aarbach * Affhöllerbach * Ahlersbach, tributary of the Kinzig in Schlüchtern-Herolz * Ahlersbach, tributary of the Ki ... References Rivers of Hesse Rivers of Germany {{Hesse-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metre
The metre (British spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit , from the Greek noun , "measure"), symbol m, is the primary unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), though its prefixed forms are also used relatively frequently. The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle, so the Earth's circumference is approximately km. In 1799, the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar (the actual bar used was changed in 1889). In 1960, the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. The current definition was adopted in 1983 and modified slightly in 2002 to clarify that the metre is a measure of proper length. From 1983 until 2019, the metre was formally defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in of a second. After the 2019 redefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laudenbach (Gelster)
Laudenbach is a river of Hesse, Germany. It runs predominantly in northerly direction entirely by rural districts and agricultural areas of Großalmerode. It is a right tributary of the Gelster. See also *List of rivers of Hesse Rivers of Hesse Rivers of Germany {{Hesse-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
