Habighorster Bach

The old mill pond of the mill Obermöller, fed by Habighhorster Bach

The Habig Horster Bach is a right tributary of the creek in the Westphalian town Gewinghauser Roedinghausen and frets in the state of North Rhine -Westphalia.

The river rises south of Dono on a source height of 120 m above sea level. NN. The river has a total length of 2.8 km. In its course it crosses the Sieksystem and nature reserve Habig Horster meadow valley. The Habig Horster creek empties into thin at Gewinghauser Brook 2.7 km in the Gewinghauser Bach. The opening height is 71.4 m above sea level. NN. The Habig Horster Bach overcomes a height difference of 49 meters.

Nature Reserves

The nature reserve Habig Horster meadow valley lies in an era marked by intensive agricultural landscape and has a size of 13 ha The area is partially a natural creek landscape with alder stands and partly typical for the Ravens Berger country Siek with wetland areas and an orchard. Nearby is the nature reserve is Gewinghausener stream valley.

Mill Obermöller

The mill Obermöller in Habighorst ( to Ennigloh ) is a Wasserrmühlenruine on Habig Horster Bach. the mill site was first mentioned in 1745, the oil mill building built in 1868. There is a double mill plant: Right of the creek the grain, left the oil mill. Both grinders have been driven by a water wheel. The oil mill was shut down in 1945, the flour mill in 1960. The double mill has the last original preserving pan mill in the district of Herford. Your state of preservation but overall very poor. The mill pond is largely silted up.