Hatzenbeck

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The Hatzenbeck is a left tributary of the river Wupper in the district Elberfeld -west of North Rhine-Westphalian city of Wuppertal.

Location and topography

The Hatzenbeck rises to 305 meters above sea level. NN in the local situation wolf cock in the living quarters Grifflenberg. It flows to the northwest for Ravens Straße and follow it downhill at UW over the northeast. After the influx of Edelweiss Bach the Hatzenbeck flows verdolt below the Cronenberger Road (State Road 427 ), the road Steinbeck and the South Street by the south town Wuppertal. It passes under the Steinbeck Station and flows below the Alsenstraße to Wupper, where she ü after about 2.4 kilometers to 141 meters. NN. flows.

Older names

The underflow had in earlier times the name Steinbach or Steinbeck. The three courts Upper, Middle, and Lower Steinbeck have been taken in the second half of the 19th century by the expanding urban area around the Steinbeck station.