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Grenff
The Grenff, also Grenf, is a 22 km long, southeasterly tributary of Schwalm. It passes through the East Hesse Highlands in North Hesse Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, and belongs to the river system and catchment area of the Weser. Course The Grenff rises in Ottrauer Highland, a part of the Fulda-Haune Plateau in East Hesse Highlands, in the transition area to the Knüllgebirge. The source is 1.2 km southeast of the village Görzhain (municipality Ottrau) in a clearing of the northern flank of the ''Frohnkreuzkopf'' (about ), the western spur of the Rimberg (591.8 m), at about 395 m elevation. The Grenff initiall flows north-west, to and through Görzhain. From there on the Bad Hersfeld–Treysa railway (also ''Knüllwald railway'') runs through the Grenff valley. It passes along the settlement Bahnhof Ottrau and a number of watermills (''Boßmühle'', ''Steinmühle'', ''Lenzenmühle'', ''Schneidmühle'') and the village Kleinropperhausen. Then the Grenff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwalm (Eder)
The Schwalm is a river in Hesse, Germany, right tributary of the Eder. It rises on the north side of the Vogelsberg Mountains. It flows north through Alsfeld, Schwalmstadt and Borken. The Schwalm flows into the Eder near Wabern, east of Fritzlar, after a total length of . The main tributaries are the Efze, the Gilsa, the Grenff and the Antrift Antrift (in its lower course: ''Antreff'') is a river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Schwalm in Zella. 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 .... References Rivers of Hesse Rivers of the Vogelsberg Rivers of Germany {{Hesse-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimberg (Knüll)
Rimberg (Knüll) The Rimberg in the Knüll Mountains (''Knüll'') is 1,942' above sea level. A massive mountain near in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northern Hesse Germany. Geography Location The Rimberg lies in the southern foothills of the Knüllgebirge in the southwest part of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district between the towns of Alsfeld in the west-southwest and Bad Hersfeld in the east-northeast. Its summit rises around 9 km southwest of Kirchheim, about 4 km northwest of Breitenbach am Herzberg, 1.6 km north-northwest of Gehau, 3.4 km southeast of Görzhain and 1.8 km southwest of Machtlos. The eastern extension of the Rimberg is the ''Große Bartküppel'' (518.5 m) with the ''Kleiner Bartküppel'' (approx. 398 m ) to the southeast of it, its southern extension the ''Hopfenstein'' (505.1 m) and its western extension the ''Frohnkreuzkopf'' (approx. 530 m). The Aula tributary Ibra rises north of the Rimberg , the Ibra tributary ''Machtloser Wasser ... [...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] |
Zella (Willingshausen)
Zella may refer to: Places * Zella, Libya * Zella (see), a Roman Catholic titular see in the Roman province of Byzacena (in modern Tunisia) * Zella-Mehlis, a German town * Zella/Rhön, a German municipality * Altzella Abbey, a former monastery near Nossen, Germany * Neuzelle a German municipality People * Zella Day (born 1995), American singer * Zella Allen Dixson (1858 – 1924), American author, lecturer, librarian, and publisher * Zella Lehr (born 1951), an American singer and entertainer *Zella McBerty (1879–1937), American businesswoman and engineer * Zella de Milhau (1870–1954), American artist, ambulance driver, community organizer and motorcycle policewoman * Zella Jackson Price (born c. 1940), American gospel singer * Zella Russell (1883–1952), American vaudevillian star * Zella Wolofsky Zella Wolofsky (born 1947) is a Canadian modern dancer, researcher, columnist, and educator. Her research became the launchpad for applying computer interpretation to Labanot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neukirchen (Knüll)
Neukirchen is a small town in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany. Constituent communities The town is made up of a main town bearing the same name as the whole town, and the centres of Asterode, Christerode, Hauptschwenda, Nausis, Wincherode, RiebelsdorfRückershausenand Seigertshausen. History Neukirchen had its first documentary mention in 1142 in a document from the Bad Hersfeld, Hersfeld monastery. In 1351, Neukirchen was granted town rights. In the Middle Ages, the town was bedevilled by fires that repeatedly broke out. One catastrophe in 1533 destroyed three fourths of all the town's houses. Politics The town council is made up of 31 members. *Christian Democratic Union (Germany), CDU 12 seats *Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD 12 seats *Free Democratic Party (Germany), FDP 3 seats *UBL (citizens' coalition) 2 seats *FWG (citizens' coalition) 2 seats (as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006) Culture and sightseeing Museums The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neukirchen, Hesse
Neukirchen is a small town in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany. Constituent communities The town is made up of a main town bearing the same name as the whole town, and the centres of Asterode, Christerode, Hauptschwenda, Nausis, Wincherode, RiebelsdorfRückershausenand Seigertshausen. History Neukirchen had its first documentary mention in 1142 in a document from the Hersfeld monastery. In 1351, Neukirchen was granted town rights. In the Middle Ages, the town was bedevilled by fires that repeatedly broke out. One catastrophe in 1533 destroyed three fourths of all the town's houses. Politics The town council is made up of 31 members. * CDU 12 seats *SPD 12 seats * FDP 3 seats *UBL (citizens' coalition) 2 seats *FWG (citizens' coalition) 2 seats (as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006) Culture and sightseeing Museums The ''Heimatmuseum'' ("Homeland Museum") has documents about the town's history, a complete school classroom and prehistoric collections. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eder (Fulda)
The Eder is a -long major river in Germany that begins in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia and passes in to Hesse, where it empties into the River Fulda. History The river was first mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus. In his Annals, he describes the Roman campaign against the Chatti under the command of Germanicus in 15 AD. Forty-five thousand soldiers of the Roman army destroyed the major centre of the Chatti, Mattium, directly after they crossed the ''Adrana'' (Eder). In the Middle Ages, the river was known by the names; Aderna, Adarna, Adrina. On the banks of the Eder, in the town of Schwarzenau, near Bad Berleburg, a religious group was founded in August 1708; the Schwarzenau Brethren. Eight adults were completely baptised thrice in the Eder. This group emigrated to America where they are still to be found. As late as up to the end of the 19th century, the river was also known in local dialect as ''Edder''. For instance, in Felsberg-Gensungen, the pharmacy is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
