The Rhünda ( German pronunciation: [ˈrhʏnda] ), also called the Rhündabach , is a 12.9 kilometres (8.0 mi) long, eastern tributary of the River Schwalm in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis , North Hesse , Germany .
4-578: The Rhünda rises in the northern foothills of the Knüllgebirge . Its source is in the village of Dickershausen, part of the town of Homberg (Efze) , at 327.5 metres (1,074 ft) above sea level. Initially the Rhünda flows northeastward through Sipperhausen and then after turns away from the Stöpplingskopf, towards north-northwest. In this direction it flows through, approximately parallel to
8-463: A villager found a 12,000 years-old skull of a human, now known as The Rhünda Skull . Kn%C3%BCllgebirge The Knüllgebirge or simply Knüll is a small mountain range in the northern part of Hesse , Germany , approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Kassel . Its highest peak is the Eisenberg , with an altitude of 635.5 metres (2,085 ft). The area is heavily forested and has
12-612: The Bundesautobahn 7 to the east, Ostheim, then flows west past the Geschellenberg hill (324 m (1,063 ft)) and then just to the east of the town of Mosheim. The river meets a small stream close to Hilgershausen then flows southwest down to Helmshausen. After passing a mill, and two basalt quarries, the Rhünda reaches the Felsberg district of Rhünda, after it crosses under Bundesstraße 253, just before reaching
16-638: The Main–Weser Railway at about 159 metres (522 ft) above sea level. There it opens into the River Schwalm , which, in turn, just after passing again under the railway line, flows in the River Eder . The tributaries of the Rhünda are all, orographically, on the left. They are: In 1956, a severe storm caused the Rhünda to wash away its bank near the town of Rhünda, close to the present-day sports area. About 80 centimetres (30 in) down
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