Heßlar

Heßlar is a village in Felsberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse. Heßlar is situated nearby to the village Melgershausen, as well as near Beuern.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heiligenburg Castle and Eppenberg Charterhouse.

Heiligenburg Castle

Castle

Photo: Tecty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heiligenburg Castle is a castle on the hill of Heiligenberg in the district of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. Heilgenberg is a 393 m high hill close to the town of Felsberg-Gensungen in North Hesse.

Eppenberg Charterhouse

Ruins

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Eppenberg Charterhouse was a charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery, now a ruin, situated on the Eppenberg next to the Heiligenberg in Gensungen, now part of Felsberg in Hesse, Germany.

Spangenberg Castle

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Spangenberg Castle is a schloss above the small German town of Spangenberg in the North Hesse county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis. The originally Gothic building was first a medieval fortified castle, then a fortress, hunting lodge, prison, forestry school and is now a hotel and restaurant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brechelsdorf.

Brechelsdorf

Locality

Brechelsdorf was a village that was abandoned around the 14th to 15th century AD. There are no visible remains today. It was situated within the perimeter of the village of Altenbrunslar, which part of the town of Felsberg, in the district of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in North Hesse, Germany. Brechelsdorf is situated 4½ km north of Heßlar.

Heßlar

Type: Village
Also known as: “Hesslar”
Category: locality
Location: Felsberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.13401° or 51° 8′ 2″ north

Longitude

9.48279° or 9° 28′ 58″ east

Elevation

261 metres (856 feet)

Open location code

9F3F4FMM+J4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 293223742

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2905286

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