Geislede

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Geislede
The mouth of the Geislede in the Leine

The mouth of the Geislede in the Leine

Data
Water code DE : 48812
location Eichsfeld , Thuringia
River system Weser
Drain over Leine  → Aller  → Weser  → North Sea
source west of Kreuzebra
51 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 14 ′ 2 ″  E
Source height approx.  360  m above sea level NN  at the confluence of the Ebra and Gieselbach
muzzle in Heilbad Heiligenstadt in the Leine Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 43 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 51 ″  E 51 ° 22 ′ 43 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 51 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  250  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 110 m
Bottom slope approx. 8.1 ‰
length 13.5 km
Catchment area 50.5 km²
The waterfall at the Scheuche

The Geislede is a tributary of the Leine in Eichsfeld in northwest Thuringia .

geography

course

The Geislede is fed from two source arms: the Gieselbach , the at Heuthen rises to about 420 m and the height of Kreuzebra coming Ebra . After they have merged, it flows in a westerly direction to Geisleden and then in a northwesterly direction to Heilbad Heiligenstadt . The course of the Geislede river enters the Heilbad Heiligenstadt urban area from the south-east and flows into the Leine at the Sperberwiese .

The Geislede valley separates the two mountain ranges of the Dün and Oberes Eichsfeld to the northwest .

Course in the urban area of ​​Heiligenstadt

The Geislede flows through the historic old town of Heiligenstadt from east to west and there it drove up to six mills, of which the Herrenmühle (also Fronmühle) and the Klausmühle have been preserved. In the urban area, the water was heavily canalized and partially built over with buildings such as the Jesuit college.

Outside the city walls, more mills were built, of which an artificial watercourse, the mill moat with the cape mill, testifies. The names of the adjacent streets Mühlgraben and Auf der Rinne can be derived from it.

waterfall

The course of the Geislede was artificially divided in Heiligenstadt for flood protection reasons by the construction of a weir in the area of ​​the old cemetery at the Geisleder Tor . The excess water was drained to the Leine before the city wall. At the Scheuche on the edge of today's Heinrich-Heine-Kurpark , a 7 m high waterfall was created on a steep red sandstone step. This can be viewed both from above from a viewing platform and from below.

This waterfall inspired Theodor Storm to write his fairy tale The Regentrude .

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Geislede are the Buchborn, the Dachstalgraben and the Pferdebach.

Mills

There were a total of 17 mills along the Geislede, one in Heuthen am Gieselbach, four mills below Geisleden and 12 mills in the urban area of ​​Heiligenstadt. Of the partially extensive weir systems in Heiligenstadt, three were dismantled and designed as a bed slide .

Origin of name

The Old High German name Geizlaha refers to a Geißbach (from goat or goat) both for the river and for the place Geisleden. An upper course of the Geislede is still called Gieselbach today (from Gissel- or Geiselbach ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Braunschweig district government: WFD inventory of the Leine / Ilme processing area ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wrrl-kommunal.de archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 1, 2013
  2. ^ Thuringian State Institute for the Environment (ed.): Area and waterway key figures (directory and map). Jena 1998. 26 pp.
  3. ↑ Map of the rivers of Thuringia from 10 km² catchment area ( TLUG ; PDF; 1.23 MB)
  4. ↑ Jürgen Backhaus: The Geislede in Heiligenstadt comes another piece back to nature. in the Thüringer Allgemeine from March 15, 2014
  5. ↑ Erhard Müller: The place names of the district of Heiligenstadt. Heilbad Heiligenstadt 1989, p. 19

literature

  • Alfred K. Kirsten: Mills on the Geislede. Cordier Publishing House, Heiligenstadt 2007
  • Helmut Heiland: The Geislede. In: Eichsfelder Heimatzeitschrift. 61st vol., Issue 10, pages 310-311
  • Karl Albert Heidenblut: Old ways in the Geisledetal and the Geisleder "Mainzer Bridge". In: Eichsfelder Heimatzeitschrift. 61st vol., Issue 10, pages 193-199

Web links

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