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Altenbrunslar
Altenbunslar is a small village in North Hesse, Germany. It is part of the town Felsberg.
The bedrock is composed of Triassic Buntsandstein. It is so-called because it is composed of different-coloured sandstones. The rolling hills that are caused by the nearly even weathering of the sandstones, are punctuated by steep basaltic outcrops, which are the remains of Neogene (Miocene) volcanic necks (i.e. the cone of the volcano has been eroded which left behind the harder central region (neck) where the magma previously made its way to the surface).
The boundary of the village encompasses an area of about 9.1 km2 (3.5 sq mi), of which about 80% is covered by forest. Altenbunslar is one of the sixteen constituent communities that form the town of Felsberg in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, North Hesse, Germany. The nearest city is Kassel, which is 23 km (14 mi) to the north. Approximately 350 people live in the village.
The village is situated on the eastern (cut) bank of the Eder River. To the east of the village is the Quillerwald (Quiller Forest) or Markwald (common forest), the latter so-called because once it belonged to all the surrounding villages, at least in terms of the right to cut wood and graze animals, but not hunting. The Eder River confluences with the Fulda River just 9 km (5.6 mi) upstream from Altenbrunslar at Edermünde (mouth of the Eder).
The Rhünda Skull, found near the town of Rhünda, which is just south of Felsberg, proves that this area was populated already 12000 years ago. Archaeological finds show that around c. 2900–2450 cal. BC, in the nearby Quiller Forest, a prehistoric people of the Corded Ware culture settled. During the building of the A7 motorway in 1935, many burial mounds were found on Schleifsteinskopf, a hill within Quiller Forest (see above). At around the same time, the Riesenstein, a menhir weighing more than 40 metric tons (39 long tons), was erected close to Wolfershausen.
The first mention of the place Bruneslar was in 1154. The first recognised use of the name Altenbrunslar was in a document from 1381, in the list of possessions of Friedrich III von Hertingshausen († 1422), a knight from the surrounding area.
In 1527, after the Protestant Reformation, Johannes Bonecker (Bydenkap), a monk from the Breitenau Monastery, applied for the post of vicar in Altenbrunslar. The first Protestant vicar installed in the chapel was Ludolphus (given name, family name unknown) from 1528 to 1534.
In 1639, the village was named Altenbraunßlar in the hessische Mannschaftsregister. Brunslar has always been an important location for armies to cross the River Eder. For instance, in the Seven Years' War, when in 1760 John Manners, Marquess of Granby lead his troops to confront the French, he bridged the River Eder at Brunslar.
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Altenbrunslar
Altenbunslar is a small village in North Hesse, Germany. It is part of the town Felsberg.
The bedrock is composed of Triassic Buntsandstein. It is so-called because it is composed of different-coloured sandstones. The rolling hills that are caused by the nearly even weathering of the sandstones, are punctuated by steep basaltic outcrops, which are the remains of Neogene (Miocene) volcanic necks (i.e. the cone of the volcano has been eroded which left behind the harder central region (neck) where the magma previously made its way to the surface).
The boundary of the village encompasses an area of about 9.1 km2 (3.5 sq mi), of which about 80% is covered by forest. Altenbunslar is one of the sixteen constituent communities that form the town of Felsberg in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, North Hesse, Germany. The nearest city is Kassel, which is 23 km (14 mi) to the north. Approximately 350 people live in the village.
The village is situated on the eastern (cut) bank of the Eder River. To the east of the village is the Quillerwald (Quiller Forest) or Markwald (common forest), the latter so-called because once it belonged to all the surrounding villages, at least in terms of the right to cut wood and graze animals, but not hunting. The Eder River confluences with the Fulda River just 9 km (5.6 mi) upstream from Altenbrunslar at Edermünde (mouth of the Eder).
The Rhünda Skull, found near the town of Rhünda, which is just south of Felsberg, proves that this area was populated already 12000 years ago. Archaeological finds show that around c. 2900–2450 cal. BC, in the nearby Quiller Forest, a prehistoric people of the Corded Ware culture settled. During the building of the A7 motorway in 1935, many burial mounds were found on Schleifsteinskopf, a hill within Quiller Forest (see above). At around the same time, the Riesenstein, a menhir weighing more than 40 metric tons (39 long tons), was erected close to Wolfershausen.
The first mention of the place Bruneslar was in 1154. The first recognised use of the name Altenbrunslar was in a document from 1381, in the list of possessions of Friedrich III von Hertingshausen († 1422), a knight from the surrounding area.
In 1527, after the Protestant Reformation, Johannes Bonecker (Bydenkap), a monk from the Breitenau Monastery, applied for the post of vicar in Altenbrunslar. The first Protestant vicar installed in the chapel was Ludolphus (given name, family name unknown) from 1528 to 1534.
In 1639, the village was named Altenbraunßlar in the hessische Mannschaftsregister. Brunslar has always been an important location for armies to cross the River Eder. For instance, in the Seven Years' War, when in 1760 John Manners, Marquess of Granby lead his troops to confront the French, he bridged the River Eder at Brunslar.