Geisbach

The Geisbach something outside of Bad Hersfeld

The Geisbach, often simply called Geis, is a 22 km long left tributary of the Fulda in Hersfeld -Rotenburg in Hessen ( Germany ). Geis is a second order stream.

Geography

The small river is formed just outside the village salt mine in the town of New stone in Knüllgebirge. South of Salzberg flow together several sources that come from the slopes of Devil's Pulpit ( 575 m above sea level. NN ), the Eisenberg ( 635 m above sea level. NN ) and the intervening thunder Munching down.

The Geis flows through the Neuensteinerstrasse districts Salzberg, Rabold sculpting, Saasen ouch and Obergeis the Geis first flows in a northeasterly direction and then, the federal head ( 577 m above sea level. NN ) umfließend, pivots in a southeasterly direction. Between Sassen and ouch it crosses under the Federal Highway 7 between ouch and Obergeis spans the Geisbach Viaduct of the high-speed line between Hanover and Würzburg, the river and the Federal Highway. Next, the Geis flows through the Neuensteinerstrasse districts Untergeis and grid village.

This is followed by the district Hersfeld Allmershausen and after about three kilometers, Geis reach the city center of Bad Hersfeld. Here, Geis wraps around the old town of Bad Hersfeld on its northern and eastern sides. In this area, the Geis is piped underground shortly after the Jahn Park and reappears on the surface just before their confluence with the Fulda. Only about 200 meters down the river empties into the Haune Fulda.

History

The old run Geis flowed through the Altstadt (lower ) of Bad Hersfeld, but the Geis also fed the moat. After this was filled in around 1800, a parallel run was created around the old town. This run was called Fliegengeis. Beginning of the 20th century, the ancient course of the Geis was filled in the old town.

Use of hydropower

In the old town of Bad Hersfeld, where was the old course of Geis, there were long- mills. With the increasing craft of drapers, from the 15th century, more and more fulling mills were built at the Geis. In 1895, there were Geistal until after Untergeis, fourteen mills, six of them were in town.

Only with the advent of the cloth factories, around 1850, and the subsequent introduction of fulling machines with steam propulsion, water mills were no longer needed. Today, none of the former mills has more of a mill wheel. Many former mills were normal houses, some of which are used as a restaurant today. Two of the former mills have taken the mill wheel today a turbine to generate electricity in operation.

The water power of the Geisbaches caused in the valley but also multiple significant damage. The most violent flood, there were in the years 1876, 1956, 1981 and 1996.