Omerbach

The Omerbach at Gressenich

The Omerbach is 11.1 km long, orographic right tributary of the Inde in the cities of Aachen, North Rhine -Westphalia ( Germany ). He is in his middle reaches of the natural border with the district of Düren. His name is of Celtic origin.

Course

The Omerbach rises near the Gottfried cross between Stolberg -Vicht and Wehebach dam in the state forest Hurtgenwald and then runs in a northerly direction. It flows through Gressenich, fed in the local district Buschhausen several ponds and then changes its course to the northwest. There, it forms the border between the cities of Aachen and Düren, flows on the Gressenicher mill at Scherpenseel, the Korkus, Volkenrath and Bergrath past and by Nothberg. In the area of ​​Benden mill between Nothberg and Eschweiler -east it flows into the Inde.

On Nothberger area in 1933 started its regulation.

Shortly after his taking of the source flow Pferdesiefen on at Scherpenseel the Kaltenborn Bach and between Bergrath and Nothberg the Bergrather flow and the Riffersbach.

In Gressenich is called a "Am Omerbach ", and 1927 is in Nothberg the street " in the floodplain " in " On Omerbach " renamed.

Curiosities

After the Omerbach flows in the Gressenicher mill on Eschweiler city, it runs parallel to one to two kilometers to the east extending Otterbach, which runs through eastern Nothberg and also opens into the Inde. Due to the very similar spelling Omerbach and Otterbach was confused in historical records often.

The Omerbach in the saga

In a legend of the city of progression Omerbach to have been the scene of a battle against the Turks. "At progression on Omerstrom, was a bloody battle was fought ," it says in an old song. The defeated Turkish commander was then pronounced the threat to return soon, the horse his rider would then drink the Omerstrom blank so that the army could translate their feet wet.