Lüntenbeck
The Lüntenbeck south of the castle Lüntenbeck
The Lüntenbeck is a 3.1 km long stream in Wuppertal and is a tributary of the river Wupper. The lake lies in large part in its flow in the district Vohwinkel.
For the name of the watercourse tautology Lüntenbecker Bach is also frequently used. (Beck is the Low German word for stream ).
Course
The creek rises in the local situation Saurenhaus that belongs in the residential district Varresbeck to the municipality of Elberfeld- west, on the border with the same residential district Lüntenbeck in the district Vohwinkel. The source is located in a residential area, near the roads Gellertweg and Pahlkestraße in 224 m height directly on the watershed to the river system of Düsseldorf. The first route, about 45 meters, the stream it runs above ground in a southwesterly direction until it is then piped for 110 meters.
Then he runs again for 140 meters above ground for 270 meters and then piped the first federal highway 535 ( A 535 ), including the connection point ( Wuppertal- Dornap ) and then the Federal Highway 7 (B 7) to pass under.
Further, the stream runs through a wooded area that was once (called " lock Lüntenbeck " ) to the house Lüntenbeck heard the manor is first mentioned in the 13th century - the origins of this settlement site but appreciated. After about 500 meters, the Lüntenbeck to the south and the 350 -meter-long Bach used the edge of a wood flows from the right in the Lüntenbeck into it. It achieves the following two adjoining ponds of the former moated castle Lüntenbeck. These ponds are remnants of a mill plant, mill tower of the castle has been preserved. The Lüntenbeck underruns then for 110 meters piped through the grounds in front of the main building and leads into a third, to the south of the castle nearby pond.
He then runs some 260 meters through a park-like recreation area, part of the settlement Lüntenbeck and then crosses under piped the embankment of the disused Rheinische route.
The last 1,600 meters, the stream continued piped to the mouth. He first follows the industry road and then encounters the motorway junction Sonnborner Cross, where he leads a right tributary to the river Wupper in 136 meters height. The mouth is back in the district Elberfeld- West, in the residential district Sonnborn.