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Toter Mann (Seulingswald)
The Toter Mann near Friedewald in the Hessian county of Hersfeld-Rotenburg is, at , the highest natural hill in the Seulingswald range. This small upland is the southernmost spur of the Fulda-Werra Uplands. Geography Location The Toter Mann lies in the southernmost part of the Seulingswald. Its summit is 2.5 kilometres north of Friedewald and lies on its municipal territory. Its southwestern hillside lies in the municipality of Kathus, near Solz in the borough of Bad Hersfeld. Its western slopes are in the parish of Meckbach, 3.8 km northwest of the summit, a village on the banks of the ''Meckbach'', a tributary of the Fulda, and in the municipality of Ludwigsau. Its northeastern hillside is in the municipality of Ronshausen, which is traversed by the Fulda tributary of the Ulfe. The Faßdorf estate belonging to Ronshausen in the valley of the ''Breitenbach'' lies 4.1 km, as the crow flies, north of the summit. On the western slopes of the hill rises the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersberg (Bad Hersfeld)
Petersberg may refer to: * The Hotel Petersberg near Bonn, the site of the ** Petersberg Agreement, 1949, regarding the international status of West Germany. ** Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997, regarding European security cooperation. Also known as "Petersburg Missions" or "Petersberg Objectives". ** Petersberg Declaration * Municipalities in Germany: ** Petersberg, Hesse, in the district of Fulda, Hesse ** Petersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate ** Götschetal-Petersberg, collective municipality in the district Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt *** Petersberg, Saxony-Anhalt, in Götschetal-Petersberg ** Petersberg, Thuringia, in the district Saale-Holzland, Thuringia * German name of Sânpetru, Brașov, Romania * Petersberg, Italy, a ' in Deutschnofen, Trentino-Alto Adige / Südtirol, Italy * Hills and mountains in Germany: ** Petersberg in Götschetal-Petersberg ** Petersberg in Erfurt, site of the Petersberg Citadel ** Petersberg (Flintsba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Kali (Heringen)
Monte Kali and Kalimanjaro are local colloquial names for the spoil heap or spoil tip that towers over the town of Heringen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of a number of sites where the K+S chemical company dumps sodium chloride (common table salt), a byproduct of potash mining and processing, a major industry in the area. The names are puns of ''Kali'' (shorthand for ', German for "potash") on "Monte Carlo" and " Kilimanjaro." The heap lies directly next to the border with the state of Thuringia, and hence next to the former inner German border with what was once East Germany. The heap rises over above the surrounding land, its summit reaching above sea level. According to the Werra Potash Mining Museum in Heringen, Monte Kali has been in operation since 1976; as of August 2016, it covered and contained approximately 201 million tonnes of salt, with another 900 tonnes being added every hour and 7.2 million tonnes a year. Ecological impact The Werra river ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spoil Tip
A spoil tip (also called a boney pile, culm bank, gob pile, waste tip or bing) is a pile built of accumulated ''spoil'' – waste material removed during mining. These waste materials are typically composed of shale, as well as smaller quantities of Carboniferous sandstone and other residues. Spoil tips are not formed of slag, but in some areas, such as England and Wales, they are referred to as slag heaps. In Scotland the word ''bing'' is used. The term "spoil" is also used to refer to material removed when digging a foundation, tunnel, or other large excavation. Such material may be ordinary soil and rocks (after separation of coal from waste), or may be heavily contaminated with chemical waste, determining how it may be disposed of. Clean spoil may be used for land reclamation. Spoil is distinct from tailings, which is the processed material that remains after the valuable components have been extracted from ore. Etymology The phrase originates from the French ... [...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] |
Natural Region
A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora and fauna of the region are likely to be influenced by its geographical and geological factors, such as soil and water availability, in a significant manner. Thus most natural regions are homogeneous ecosystems. Human impact can be an important factor in the shaping and destiny of a particular natural region. Main terms The concept "natural region" is a large basic geographical unit, like the vast boreal forest region. The term may also be used generically, like in alpine tundra, or specifically to refer to a particular place. The term is particularly useful where there is no corresponding or coterminous official region. The Fens of eastern England, the Thai highlands, and the Pays de Bray in Normandy, are examples of this. Others mig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As The Crow Flies
__NOTOC__ The expression ''as the crow flies'' is an idiom for the most direct path between two points, rather similar to "in a beeline". This meaning is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'': Crows do conspicuously fly alone across open country, but neither crows nor bees (as in "beeline") fly in particularly straight lines.Villazon, Luis.“Do crows actually fly in a straight line?” BBC Focus (August 30, 2017). While crows do not swoop in the air like swallows or starlings, they often circle above their nests. One suggested origin of the term is that before modern navigational methods were introduced, cages of crows were kept upon ships and a bird would be released from the crow's nest when required to assist navigation, in the hope that it would fly directly towards land. However, the earliest recorded uses of the term are not nautical in nature, and the crow's nest of a ship is thought to derive from its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulfe (Fulda)
Ulfe is a right tributary of the river Fulda in Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Fulda in Bebra. 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 East Hesse Rivers of Germany {{Hesse-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronshausen
Ronshausen is a municipality and a ''Luftkurort'' (“air spa”) in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The community lies in the valley of the Ulfe, which in Bebra empties into the Fulda. It lies in the Seulingswald and the Richelsdorf Hills (ranges). The nearest major towns are Bad Hersfeld (some 15 km to the southwest), Rotenburg (some 12 km to the northwest) and Eisenach (some 35 km to the east). Neighbouring communities Ronshausen borders in the northwest on the town of Bebra (outlying centre of Weiterode), in the northeast on the community of Nentershausen, in the east on the community of Wildeck, in the south Friedewald and in the west on the community of Ludwigsau (all in Hersfeld-Rotenburg). Constituent communities Ronshausen has only one outlying ''Ortsteil'', Machtlos. History In 1061, Ronshausen had its first documentary mention as ''Runteshuson'' in a donation document to the Fulda Abbey. The outlyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwigsau
Ludwigsau is a municipality in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany. With an area of 112 km² it is Hesse's biggest community by land area. Geography Location The community lies on the Fulda in the triangle defined by the towns of Bad Hersfeld, Bebra and Rotenburg an der Fulda. The municipal area lies on the edge of the Seulingswald (range) and stretches along the Rohrbach and Endersbach (streams) into the eastern Knüll (range). The Rohrbach empties into the Fulda near Reilos. The Rohrbach valley is also known as the ''Besengrund'' (“Broom Ground” or “Besom Ground”), a reference to basket weavers and broom makers. In centuries gone by, these were common occupations. Neighbouring communities Ludwigsau borders in the north on the community of Alheim and town of Rotenburg an der Fulda, in the east on the town of Bebra and the community of Ronshausen, in the southeast on the community of Friedewald, in the south on the town of Bad Hersfeld and ... [...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] |
