Giesel (Fulda)

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Giesel
in the main upper reaches on maps: Gresel
The Giesel coming from Giesel between Istergiesel (in the background) and Zell with strong water flow in the middle course

The Giesel coming from Giesel between Istergiesel (in the background) and Zell with strong water flow in the middle course

Data
Water code EN : 4232
location Hessen , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Fulda  → Weser  → North Sea
origin In the Gieseler Forst southwest of Fulda in the southern district of Giesel in the corridor "In der Giesel"
50 ° 29 ′ 28 ″  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height 409  m above sea level NN
muzzle in the north of the Fulda district of Bronnzell in the Fulda coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 45 ″  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 26 ″  E 50 ° 31 ′ 45 ″  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 26 ″  E
Mouth height 253  m above sea level NN
Height difference 156 m
Bottom slope 16 ‰
length 10 km
Catchment area 42.562 km²
Left tributaries Saurode
Right tributaries (southern) Giesel
Communities Giesel , Istergiesel , Zell , Zirkenbach , Johannesburg

The Giesel is a 10 km long left tributary of the Fulda , which rises in the Giesel district at 409 m above sea level. Its main upper course , also named Gresel , drains, together with its left tributary Saurode and its right tributary, also named Giesel , in about the eastern half of the Gieseler Forest , a large contiguous forest area with 4,259.6 hectares in the east of the Lower Vogelsberg and west of the Fulda valley . It joins the Fulda in the north of the Fulda district of Bronnzell, north and not far from the 215 m long sandstone bridge with over 10 vaults, Kohlhäuser Brücke near Kohlhaus . The longitudinal profile of the Giesel river has a height difference of 156 m from the source to the confluence with the Fulda.

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Tributaries

The river system of the Giesel, flowing from west to east, fans out into the Giesel itself via the Gresel (10.0 km), the Saurode (7.9 km) in the north and the southern Giesel (4.6 km). The Gresel brings with it a catchment area of ​​15,585 at the mouth of the Saurode, the Saurode an almost equal area of ​​13,112 km²; over the Saurode, the Giesel is a little longer at 11.4 km.

The southern Giesel, which flows in only 1 km below, drains 8.889 km and is thus well behind the actual Giesel, which is united with the Saurode as Gresel (up to 29.469 km²). Regardless of this, the river stationing has so far (March 2018) still listed the southern Giesel, together with the estuary, only 7.0 km long under the river code number 4232, as the main arm, the actual Giesel or Gresel under the number 42322 as a tributary and the Saurode under 423222 as a tributary 2nd order.

The Giesel with its tributaries Gieselbach, Saurode, Sorbach, Dichert and Hellersbach is the main body of water and drains into the Fulda at Kohlhaus / Bronnzell .

Worth knowing / Kohlhäuser Bridge

The "Kohlhäuser Bridge" or "Fulda Bridge" over the Fulda was already the transition of the old trade route ( "Alte Straße" , Via Regia ) from Frankfurt to Leipzig over the Fulda River in the Middle Ages .

A stone bridge was built near Kohlhaus at the beginning of the 18th century. The eastern part of the bridge with the figures of Maria and Josef was built under the Fulda prince Abbot Adalbert von Schleiffras . Before 1771, under Prince-Bishop Heinrich von Bibra , the stone bridge was extended to the west (in the direction of the Johannesberg provost ) and with the statues of St. Boniface and Emperor Heinrich II . crowned. His coat of arms with the year of construction is attached to the south side.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  2. ↑ View of Kohlhäuser Straße and Kohlhäuser Bridge, before 1779. Historical views of the town, plans and floor plans. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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