Giesel is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Fulda near the town Fulda.
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Gresel is a river in the state of Hesse, Germany. The Giesel is a left tributary of the Fulda River, approximately 10 km long, which originates in the Giesel district at an elevation of 409 meters above sea level. Its main upper course, also referred to as Gresel, along with its left tributary Saurode and its right tributary, also named Giesel, drains roughly the eastern half of the Gieseler Forst, a large contiguous forested area covering 4,259.6 hectares in the eastern part of the Lower Vogelsberg and west of the Fulda Basin.
The Giesel flows into the Fulda in the northern part of the Fulda district of Bronnzell, north of and near the Kohlhauser Bridge at Kohlhaus, a sandstone bridge spanning 215 meters and supported by more than ten vaults. The river’s longitudinal profile exhibits a total elevation difference of 156 meters from its source to its confluence with the Fulda.
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Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district. In 1990 the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
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The University of Fulda was founded in 1734 by Adolphus von Dalberg and existed until 1805. Most of the students and professors were Catholic. Under Prince-Bishop Heinrich von Bibra Protestants were also admitted; from 1777, with the sole exception of the theological faculty, a Protestant could acquire a degree in any faculty of the university.
During 71 years of its existence the university had about 4100 students. 935 of them came from the town of Fulda and approximately 400 from the area of the later circles Fulda. Most of foreign students came from France, Nassau and Westphalia or from the enclaves in Hessen and Thuringia.
At the beginning the university had four faculties: Theology, philosophy, medicine and law. In the beginning the chairs of the theology faculty have been taken by Jesuits – up to abolition of the Jesuit Order in Fulda in 1773 – as well as by Benedictines. After the suppression of the Jesuit Order by Pope Clement XIV in 1773 the university came entirely into the hands of the Benedictines, who were finally obliged to discontinue it in 1805, in consequence of the Napoleonic secularization of Fulda Abbey in 1802.
The baroque building was constructed from 1731 to 1734 according to the plans of the court architect Andreas Gallasini. The assembly hall of the old university was served in 1803-1902 as a Protestant church, today can be used for festive arrangements.
The university was closed in 1805 by the sovereign of the secularized Fulda, William I of the Netherlands.
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St. Mary's Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery in Fulda, Hesse, Germany.
St. Mary's Abbey was founded in 1626. The first decades were very troubled as a result of the Thirty Years' War: the sisters often had to flee from enemy troops and the abbey was looted several times.
The nunnery was able to evade destruction during the secularization of 1802 by turning itself into a girls' school. During the Kulturkampf, the sisters went into exile in France from 1875 to 1887. In 1898, the nunnery was elevated to the status of abbey. In 1942, although most religious houses in Germany were commandeered by the National Socialists, the nuns were able to avoid eviction by offering the use of most of the premises to the Wehrmacht.
After becoming closer in their way of life over a period of many years to the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation, the abbey finally became a member in 1982.
The nuns engage in various handicrafts, run the abbey shop and have built a compost activator.
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