Espe (Fulda)

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The aspen ( called the upper reaches also Sichelbach ) is a 8.55 km long, left-sided or west-north- western tributary of the Fulda district Kassel, North Hesse ( Germany ).

Course

The aspen springs a few miles north of Kassel. Your source is located within the municipality Espenau in the local district " Schäferberg ", which is directly west adjoins the district Mönchehof. It is located a few meters east of the " Dutch streets," the joint between Kassel and Espenau part of the federal highways 7 and 83, at about 270 m above sea level. NN.

Initially, the mostly agricultural areas passing through aspen flows - the local district " Schäferberg " northeastward leaving - north on aspen Auer district Mönchehof over, after which it when Espebachkilometer 7.1 an approximately 650 m long, takes up the " bell pond " next Bach. Right after the river passes under the northern part of the railway Friedrich -Wilhelms- North Railroad ( Kassel- Warburg ) in order henceforth to flow towards the southeast, where it passes between the aspen Auer Mönchehof districts in the Southwest and High churches in the northeast.

Subsequently, the aspen happened north the " Vellmar height" (241 m to 252 m above sea level. NN ), which is north of not carrying her Vellmar, and flows southeastward through an ever- Tapered and increasingly deeper incised valley south-southwest of the Reinhard Forest lies. This flow from the north only the mostly dry lying " Great Lohbach " ( when Espebachkilometer 3.15 ) and then on the northwestern outskirts of Simmershausen the out direction Rothwesten (both are parts of municipalities of Fulda valley ) from the valley "hell" zoom flowing " Höllgraben " ( when Espebachkilometer 2.1 ) a.

After flowing from Simmershausen, the aspen causes occasional flooding, for example, being bridged by the B 3, which here is part of the German Fairy Tale Road ( "Sleeping Beauty - Route"). Right after it opens at the east exit of the " Schocketals " to around 132 m altitude in a tight meander of the western Weser river Fulda source. Your mouth east facing side of the Fulda in Kassel exclave " Good Kragenhof ".

Watershed

The headwaters of the aspen is on the Diemel-Eder/Fulda/Weser-Wasserscheide: While the water of aspen predominantly southeastward flows into the Fulda and then into the Weser, runs the forge in the nearly 3 km northeast of the Espequelle on the northern side of the high position in Espenau high - rises churches, mostly northward into the Diemel and finally into the Weser.

Attractions

Attractions near the aspen include:

  • Castle William near Calden, about 1.5 km west-northwest of Espequelle
  • " Volkssternwarte Rothwesten " in Rothwesten, about 2 km north of the carrying of the aspen Immenhausen

Catchment and inflows

Among the tributaries of the aspen, whose catchment area covers 24.313 km ², including downriver viewed with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length and Mündungsort with Espebachkilometer:

  • Big Lohbach ( l; 2.65 km ), between the High Churches ( to Espenau ) and Simmershausen ( to Fulda valley; 3.15 km )
  • Höllgraben ( l; 4.3 km ), on the northwestern outskirts of Simmershausen ( to Fulda valley, 2.1 km )
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