Hessel

For other uses, see Hessel (disambiguation).

River in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Hessel

Confluence of the Neuer Hessel and the Alter Hessel near the nature reserve of Versmolder Bruch

Location
Country| Germany
State| North Rhine-Westphalia
Reference no.| DE: 316
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Source: Northwest of Halle (Westf.) in the Teutoburg Forest
• coordinates| 52°05′30″N 8°21′02″E﻿ / ﻿52.09167°N 8.35056°E﻿ / 52.09167; 8.35056
• elevation| ca. 170 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth|

• location

| Warendorf-Einen

• coordinates

| 51°58′26″N 7°54′59″E﻿ / ﻿51.97389°N 7.91639°E﻿ / 51.97389; 7.91639

• elevation

| ca. 48 m above sea level (NN)
Length| 39.337 km [1]
Basin size| 212.528 km2 [1]
Discharge|
• location| at Milte
(4,3 km oberhalb der Mündung, Einzugsgebiet: 204,87 km²) gauge[2]
• average| 2.12 m³/s
• minimum| Record low: 0 L/s (in 2005)
Average low: 304 L/s
• maximum| Average high: 18.4 m³/s
Record high: 33.6 m³/s (in 1986)
Basin features
Progression| Ems→ North Sea
Tributaries|
• left| Alte Hessel, Lüffe Graben,
• right| Casumer Bach, Bruchbach, Aabach, Poggenfahrtgraben, Sandfortbach, Teichwiese, Wöstenbach, Beckstroth, Arenbecke, Speckengraben

The Hessel is a 39.3-kilometre-long (24.4 mi), right tributary of the River Ems in the territory of the North Rhine-Westphalian districts of Gütersloh and Warendorf in northwest Germany.

The river rises northwest of Halle (Westf.) on the Große Egge, crosses the Hermannsweg, flows through the villages of Hesseln and Hörste in Halle borough, then through the borough of Versmold through Oesterweg, continuing through the town of Sassenberg and along the southern edge of Milte in the borough of Warendorf, before emptying into the Ems near Warendorf-Einen.

Tributaries include the Casumer Bach, Bruchbach, Aabach, Poggenfahrtgraben, Sandfortbach, Teichwiese, Wöstenbach, Beckstroth, Arenbecke and the Speckengraben.

The Snake's Head Meadows lie along the Hessel near Sassenberg, one of the few areas in Germany in which this strictly protected wildflower occurs.

## References

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1. ^ a b Topographisches Informationsmanagement, Bezirksregierung Köln, Abteilung GEObasis NRW
2. ^ Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Ems 2006

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