What is Altenbrunslar?
{{Infobox German location |name = Altenbrunslar |coordinates = {{coord|51|10|1.26|N|9|26|42.59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_photo = Altenbrunslar Spring.jpg |image_caption = Altenbrunslar from the west, on a spring evening |state = Hesse |district = Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |Town = [[Felsberg, Hesse|Felsberg]] |elevation = 154 |image_plan = |plantext = |population = 328 |Stand = 16 Dec 2014 |area = 9.092 |postal_code = 34587 |area_code = 05662 |licence = HR |mayor = Günter Sippel |Bürgermeistertitel = Ortsvorsteher |party = [[SPD]] |year = 1381 |website = {{url|http://www.altenbrunslar.de/}} |_noautocat = }} '''Altenbunslar''' is one of the sixteen villages that form the town of Felsberg in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, [[Hesse|North Hesse]], [[Germany]]. The nearest city is [[Kassel]]. == Geography == Approximately 306 people live in the village. The village is on the eastern bank of the Eder River. To the east of the village is the ''Quillerwald'' (English: ''Quiller Forest'') or ''Markwald'' (English: ''common forest''). This forest once belonged to all the villages around it. The people of the villages were allowed to cut down trees and to let animals feed there, but they were not allowed to hunt in the forest. The Eder River meets the Fulda River just {{convert|9|km|abbr=off}} (5.6&nbsp;mi) upstream from Altenbrunslar at Edermünde. The bedrock is made up of differently-coloured [[sandstone]]s. The hilly landscape is formed by way that the sandstone wears down evenly. Some steep hills are the remains of [[volcano]]es. The volcanoes were active in this area about 15-20 million years ago. == History == 3000 years before the birth of Christ, the area was inhabited by a prehistoric people. The name ''Bruneslar'' was first recorded in 1154. The name ''Altenbrunslar'' was first used in 1381. It was owned by a local [[knight]]. In 1532 Altenbrunslar received a [[monk]] from a nearby [[monastery]]. In the [[M