Salze (Bega)

View from the Steege to the salts in the bath Salzuflen downtown

The salts is a right tributary of Bega in the northeast of the German Federal State of North Rhine -Westphalia.

Geography

The lake has a total length of 15 km. The catchment area extends across the northwestern Lipper Bergland between the Weser and the Werre. It originates on the premises of the court trowel in Exter at the Steinegge near the source of the brook in the middle area of ​​the old peasantry Solterwisch. In contrast to this, the course of the salts used but to the southwest and direction of Bega. At kilometer 13.9, he crosses the motorway 2 will be included in Bad Salzuflen of the immediately into the Werre which opens Bega ( Bega River kilometer 0.3). Some maps shall show (incorrectly) the salts as opening into the Werre and the Bega opening into the salts. The name of salts indicated the name Bad Salzuflen attention to local salt deposits. The name of the place Vlothoer Solterwisch means analogous salt meadow.

The water flows through on its way from the source to the mouth of the following municipalities:

  • Vlotho
  • Bad Salzuflen

On his way the salts increases downriver considered the following waters on:

  • Exter Bach ( R 9.5 )
  • Glimke (L 7.4)
  • Finn Bach ( R 5.4 )
  • Drain - source Caspohl (R 4.7 )
  • Wüstenbeke ( Wüstener Bieke, officially without name) ( 4.3 L ); arises when a new village, south of deserts and southeast of the Langeberg. River length: 4.2 kilometers.
  • Schwaghofbach (R 2.3 )
  • Asen (? L), Asenquelle (52 ° 5 ' N, 8 ° 47' O52.0866666666678.7794444444444 ) Salzuflen in the city forest, flows through the Asental and Asenteiche; then underground to the salts

(L / R; KM ): Left right inflow at river kilometer, Estuary at KM 0)

Environment

In Exter the salts flows through two nature reserves.

  • NSG salts - Glimketal and NSG Salzetal: Along the salts and Glimke is reported since the end of 1998, the 44.8 -hectare nature reserve Salze-/Glimketal in Vlotho. Directly adjacent is the 61.4 -hectare nature reserve Salzetal in Bad Salzuflen, which is identified since 2005. The protected on approximately 12 km of river length stream valleys are formed as typical for the Ravens Berger country Sieksysteme. This natural stream valleys and meandering streams that have distinct wet grassland and forest areas. The salts is almost always accompanied by alder and willow - rows, partially pronounced than alder-ash riparian forest. Numerous small bodies of water such as ponds and fish ponds harbor with floating leaves and riparian vegetation, more endangered species and numerous species of dragonflies. The wetland has before many endangered plant species, in places such as orchids, reeds and Seggenrieder. Noteworthy in the area of ​​the salt springs are at Loose, which are designated as conservation area. At these inland salt occur protected and salt-loving plant species: beach - milk herb salt - Bunge, cumin Silge and marsh trident.

Tourism

The salts feeds the Kurparksee in the landscape park of the spa flows into several side arms through the park Salzuflen and partially covered through the city center. Upstream of the landscape garden, hiking trails lead through the nature reserve Salze-/Glimketal.

Headwaters of the salts on the Vahrenbrinkstraße in Vlotho

Asenquelle in the city forest of Bad Salzuflen

Inflow of salts (left) in the Kurparksee in Bad Salzuflen

Coverage of the salts in the center of Bad Salzuflen

Confluence of Bega ( from right) and salts

Bega (Werre) Exter (Vlotho) Lippe Uplands Ravensberg Land Samolus valerandi Triglochin palustris Borstenbach Linnenbeeke
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