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The Hessel is a , 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.
Hessel is a river in Germany.
Hessel may also refer to:
- Hessel (surname)
- Hessel, Michigan, a town in Clark Township, Michigan, United States
- Alte Hessel, a tributary of the Hessel in Gütersloh district, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Hessel (singer) (born 20 April 1955), Dutch singer
- Hessel Rienks (1932–2014), Dutch politician
Hessel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bernd Hessel (born 1961), West German sprint canoeist
- Franz Hessel (1880–1941), German author, translator and lecturer
- Lasse Hessel (born 1940), Danish doctor and inventor
- Johann F. C. Hessel (1796–1872), German physician and mineralogist
- Mats Hessel (born 1961), Swedish ice hockey player
- Phoebe Hessel (1713–1812), woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the British Army
- Stéphane Hessel (1917–2013), French Resistance fighter, diplomat, and writer
Hessel van der Kooij ( West-Terschelling, 20 April 1955) is a popular Dutch singer. He is best known as Hessel, but has also recorded as Ray Maccannon.