Dase (Erpe)

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The Dase is almost 10 km long right-hand or eastern tributary of Erpe in the counties of Kassel and Waldeck -Frankenberg in northern Hesse.

Course

The Dase arises in the Kassel district on the eastern outskirts of Nothfelden, a northeastern district of Wolf Hagen. Your source is located in the southern part of the agricultural Elsunger Valley, the location is one of the Ostwald Ecker peripheral depressions between the Elsbergrücken the west and the rear hawk forests tops in the East. It lies on the northern slope of the hill on Gallows Hill (about 325 m above sea level. NN ), which represents the non-forested region of transition to Altenhasunger trench, approximately 307 m above sea level. NN.

The Dase flows counterclockwise in an open towards the southwest quarter circle. They first passes northeastward flowing for the name of the Elsunger Valley west of the creek mountain Filtz ( 395.5 m above sea level. NN ) and the massif located east of the counted to the rear hawk forest knolls Great Bear Mountain ( 600.7 m above sea level. NN ). Then she runs directly south and west past Oberelsungen, a west-north- west part of Zierenberg.

The Dase of the creek located times Wald ( max. 448.9 m above sea level. ) After that flows northwestward to the northeast over after Niederelsungen, a north north-east area of Wolf Hagen. Then it pierces north to north-west of Castle Hill ( 334.5 m above sea level. NN ) to the southwest the Elsbergrücken, a ridge of Ostwald Ecker edge sinks, and crosses the border to the district Waldeck- Frankenberg.

Finally, the Dase flows approximately 500 m southeast or slightly above Ehringen, a südsüdöstlichen district of Volkmarsen, flood retention basins Ehringen, few meters from the dam and around 200 m above sea level. NN in the Twiste inflow Erpe.