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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Kassel

Helsa

The Cascades (Hirschhagen)

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Kassel

Helsa

The Cascades (Hirschhagen)

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The Cascades (Hirschhagen)

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Location: Helsa, Landkreis Kassel, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Franzl wandert 🥾

June 20, 2024

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The cascades are part of the sewage system of the Hirschhagen explosives factory, which began producing TNT in 1938. Initially, the toxic wastewater was channeled into the Losse, but this caused considerable environmental damage in Helsa and further downstream. In 1940, a 22 km long canal was built to the Fulda to relieve the pressure. However, this was not enough. The course of the Rohrbach was changed and the cascades were built to regulate the flow rate. Jewish women were forced to do forced labor here.

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Peter 😎

June 21, 2020

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Was built at the end of the Second World War for the waste water from the explosives factory in Hessisch Lichtenau-Hischhagen

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Wood Walker

December 31, 2022

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The cascades are an artificial watercourse that was built at the end of the Second World War and still carries the water from the Rohrbach into the Losse today.

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View of Helsa – The Cascades (Hirschhagen) loop from Helsa

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Lewalter Spring and Shelter – View of Helsa loop from Heubruchwiesen bei Eschenstruth

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