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18-530: Melsungen lies on the river Fulda in the North Hesse Highlands. The streams Pfieffe and Kehrenbach , flow into the Fulda in the town. A few kilometres downstream, the river Eder flows into the Fulda. The nearest large towns are Kassel (downstream, about 22 km to the north) and Bad Hersfeld (upstream, about 32 km to the southeast). Melsungen consists of several smaller communities. Besides

36-647: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Lower Saxony is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seulingswald The Seulingswald (also called the Sillingswald ) is a hill range in the German Central Uplands which reaches heights of up to 480.3 m above  sea level (NHN) . It is part of the Fulda-Werra Uplands in

54-455: Is home to the firm of B. Braun Melsungen , which has a €3,500,000,000 yearly turnover, and about 35,100 employees worldwide (as of 2007). Melsungen has partnerships with the following towns: There is also a "friendship" with the Berlin community of Spandau . Fulda River The Fulda ( German pronunciation: [ˈfʊlda] ) is a river of Hesse and Lower Saxony , Germany . It

72-795: Is one of two headstreams of the Weser (the other one being the Werra ). The Fulda is 220.4 kilometres (137.0 mi) long. The river arises at Wasserkuppe in the Rhön mountains in Hesse. From there it runs northeast, flanked by the Knüll mountains in the west and the Seulingswald in the east. Near Bebra it changes direction to the northwest. After joining the Eder river it flows straight north until Kassel , then changes direction to

90-778: Is part of the major unit of the Fulda-Werra Uplands (no. 35), which is part of the major unit group of the East Hesse Highlands (no. 35). Its east-northeastern ridges fall within the major unit of the Salzungen Werra Upland (359), and the subunit of the Salzungen-Herleshausen Werra Valley (359.1) and the natural region of the Berka Basin (359.12). The hills of the Seulingswald include

108-549: The East Hesse Highlands within the Hessian county of Hersfeld-Rotenburg ; small ridges extend into the Thuringian county of Wartburgkreis . It is a sandstone range and one of the largest contiguous woodland areas in Hesse. The Seulingswald is located between the settlements of Ronshausen to the north and Wildeck to the northeast (both in Hesse), Großensee and Dankmarshausen to

126-636: The Kassel — Bebra — Fulda railway line and belongs to the North Hesse Transport Network. In May 2006 the RegioTram line RT5 (Kassel-Melsungen) began. It directly connects Melsungen with downtown Kassel. The line ends at present where the Melsungen-Süd return loop is still not finished. Further stations are being built at Melsungen-Schwarzenberg und Melsungen-Bartenwetzerbrücke. Melsungen

144-647: The Long Hessians"). In 1554, a fire destroyed parts of the heart of town. In 1637, during the Thirty Years' War , the constituent community of Günsterode was laid waste. From 1821 to 1974, Melsungen served as an administrative center and independent district seat, until the Melsungen district merged with the neighboring Fritzlar-Homberg and Ziegenhain districts. The town's approximately 14,000 residents refer to themselves as Bartenwetzer ("Axe whetters"). The origins of

162-608: The River Suhl near Thuringian Großensee. In the south the nearest streams are the Fulda and Werra on the heights of Friedewald before their confluence. This delineates the southern boundary of the Seulingswald, which transitions here into the Kuppen Rhön . To the west, on the far side of the Fulda , is the Knüll . The Seulingswald forms an eponymous natural region (no. 357.20) within sub-unit Solztrotten and Seulingswald (357) which in turn

180-650: The Ulfe is the natural woodland reserve of Goldbachs- und Ziebachsrück which has an area of 31  ha . On 27 September 1944 there was a major air battle over the Seulingswald between the US Air Force and the Luftwaffe , known as the Kassel Mission , which saw extremely high losses. The Seulingswald is crossed by the A4 motorway roughly in a northeast-southwest direction. At

198-646: The course of its history, Melsungen often changed hands. The fiercest fighting over the town was between the Archbishops of Mainz and the Landgraves of Hesse and Thuringia . Melsungen gained significance due to its location at the intersection of three medieval trade routes: the Sälzerweg, which runs east–west; the Nürnberger Straße, which runs north–south; and Durch die langen Hessen (roughly translated as "Through

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216-580: The east-northeast (both in Thuringia), Heringen to the east, Friedewald to the south, Bad Hersfeld to the southwest, Ludwigsau to the west and Bebra to the northwest (all in Hesse). To the north, on the other side of the Ulfe valley, are the Richelsdorf Hills . To the east the little hill range borders on the Werra . Small-scale east-northeastern spurs descend on the far side of Hessian Kleinensee to

234-513: The following – sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN): Spoil tip : Hills and high points: In the central area and extended to the west-northwest of the Seulingswald is the protected landscape of Seulingswald ( CDDA -No. 378688; designated in 1979; 30,2656  km² ). In large parts of the forested areas is the Seulingswald Special Area of Conservation (FFH No. 378688; 23.2315 km²). Near

252-626: The junction of Bad Hersfeld it passes over the B27 federal highway which runs from the west of the region northwards towards Bebra. There the Landesstraße  3251 branches of the B ;27 and passes north of the Seulingswald heading east through Ronshausen to Hönebach on the Thuringian state border. The E6 European long distance path runs between Hönebach and Friedewald , in places running parallel to

270-470: The main community, there are seven other communities: Adelshausen, Günsterode, Kehrenbach, Kirchhof, Obermelsungen, Röhrenfurth, and Schwarzenberg. Historical records of the town date from 802, but it was likely settled much earlier, during the Hallstatt period (9th to 4th Centuries BCE ). Melsungen had developed into a small town (burgus) by 1189. The town's coat of arms also originated at this time. In

288-535: The municipal elections held on 26 March 2006, the seats were apportioned thus: The town executive consists of six councillors and the mayor. Four of these seats are held by the SPD, and one seat each by the CDU and FDP. List of elected mayors: The town lies on Autobahn A 7 . Federal Highway ( Bundesstraße ) B 83 runs through Melsungen and Bundesstraßen B 253 and B 487 both begin (or end) here. Melsungen lies on

306-724: The northeast, with the Kaufungen Forest east and the beginning of the Reinhardswald forest northwest. The north end of the river meets the Werra in Hannoversch Münden , Lower Saxony, where the Fulda and the Werra join to form the Weser river. Cities along the Fulda include: [REDACTED] Media related to Fulda (river) at Wikimedia Commons This article related to a river in Hesse

324-470: The old seal and the current civic coat of arms date back to the late 12th century. Heraldically, the arms can be described as follows: on a blue background, a town gate and tower in silver with a red roof topped by two gold finials, flanked by silver crenellated town walls. The official description of the town's blazon specifies the roof as "tile-red" rather than "gules" (red). The arms have been in use since 1577. Town council consists of 37 members. Following

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