Drusel

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The Drusel ( hereinafter referred to as underflow and Small Fulda ) is a 11.4 km long, orographic left or western tributary of the Fulda in the independent city of Kassel in northern Hesse ( Germany ).

Course

Source: The Drusel rises in the High Hawk Forest. Your source is located approximately 250 meters northwest of Kassel and below the city or to the district of Bad Wilhelm height belonging goat head ( 564.7 m above sea level. NN ) to about 520 m above sea level. NN. From there it is on the west, northwest trail parking lot Red cleats ( 562.5 m above sea level. NN ), which is named after the former colliery Red tunnel, around 450 m ( distance per distance).

Headwaters: The Drusel flows eastward towards Kassel through the wooded Druseltal in which they probably represents the extreme southern limit of the mountain park William height. In the wooded valley it flows through the Wilhelmshoher local district of New Holland. There, at 9.95 Druselbachkilometer branches of artificial Aschgraben of the Drusel, which runs on the northern side of the valley eastwards to lying on the Hunrodsberg mountain pond Asch (about 430 m above sea level. ) - Moat and pond are part of the organized in the mountain park of Kassel water games.

Because the Druseltal below of New Holland is very narrow in the direction of the valley exit between the hotel and the New Drusel seniors residence Augustinum and there the rather wide -developed road is created in Druseltal, runs the stream - the first time in its history - in terms of road in some places underground.

Middle course: After leaving the Habichtswalds - approximately in the range of 7.9 to 7.8 kilometers Bach (. Approximately 340 m above sea level ) - turns the Drusel in the local district Mulang belonging to Bad Wilhelm height, to the northeast. She runs approximately along the streets Hugo Preuss Road, Brabant Street, on the oaks and Baunsbergstraße.

In Wilhelmshoher local district Wahlershausen the Drusel flows underground for a piece of history, located in the region of its first crossing of the Wilhelm Allee between the stream miles 5.8 and 5.5 under the crossing ( 205.9 m above sea level. NN ) of the alley with the Baunsbergstraße is located along Long street and Brook street, after which it runs eastward from crossing the road Kirchditmolder. Then she crosses near the train station Kassel- Wilhelm height between 4.6 and 4.5 kilometers of the creek (about 182 m above sea level. NN ), among others, the high-speed line Hannover -Kassel and Würzburg and the Heßbergstraße.

After the railroad tracks it flows in the West Front district in the area of ​​Count Bernadotte square north past the Federal Social Court (former military district office building of the General Command ) and just west past the Aschrottpark.

Immediately before the Count Bernadotte place or dortiger Dag Hammarskjöld street Drusel flows in a subterranean channel, which initially passes under the site of the Heinrich -Schütz- school diagonal. Here, the river controls in slightly northwest - south-easterly direction including diagonally under the Wilhelm Allee through, where it enters the district Wehlheiden.

Then is the Drusel between Kirchweg and Tischbein road - in the area of the crossed the brook Schoenfelder Street roughly between the Druselbachkilometern 2.9 and 2.5 (approx. 158-152 m above sea level. ) - Still channeled, but reinvested above ground. Shortly before the Graefe road continues onto the table leg road it flows back into an underground channel, after which it flows along the last mentioned road at Junction Langenbeckstraße about in an easterly direction to the district of Southtown.

Underflow: In the southern part the Drusel flows for the time being underground along by Tischbein road and Philosopher to after crossing the Frankfurter Straße ( B 3 ) from the branch of the Landau road from further bach down embankment -like landscaped pedestrian and bicycle path on the Karlsaue (about 140 m above sea level. NN ) finally above ground to get lost again. From then on she channeled flows below the vineyard - and now also known as Little Fulda - to the northeast through the northern part of the Karlsaue. In this original Baroque park it passes each directly northwest the Orangerie castle ( 139.6 m above sea level. NN ) and the sports field Hesse arena.

Mouth: Finally, the Drusel opens at the northern edge of the southern city below from the Kassel between jumper and Rondell or dortiger Karl- Branner Bridge at about 137 m above sea level. NN at Fulda river kilometer 28.3 in the western Weser- source river Fulda.

History and Origin of the name

Headwaters: Through the Upper Druseltal in which the Drusel flows natural, inverted before the Herkulesbahn that the meter gauge railway goods ( mine operation) and individuals (tourism) between Kassel and Hercules and thus promoted the hawk forest.

Underflow: The name Small Fulda (name of Drusel underflow ) comes from the historical development of Karlsaue when it was still bathed in the context of the inland delta on both sides of the river Fulda. The western branch of the river was called Little Fulda. With the further development and design of the parks in the Middle Ages, this arm was partially filled in and created the kitchen digging in the former riverbed of the Little Fulda, a very elongated, still existing pond. The northern end of this former oxbow still is - channeled - as a Drusel underflow and still bears the name Small Fulda.