Schellenbeck

Pedestrian bridge over the Schellenbeck

The Schellenbeck is a 2.107 km long river in the city of Wuppertal District Oberbarmen. He is a right tributary of the Black creek, which in turn is a right tributary of the river Wupper.

For the name of the watercourse tautology Schell Bach stream is also often used. (Beck is the Low German word for stream ).

The creek is named for the Schell Becker Road, the district on this street is called also " Schellenbeck ".

Etymology

The etymological origin is not fully understood. After an interpretation of the name part is " ringing " of " askance " ( wrong ), which refers to a topographic situation. According to another interpretation is " ring " of bright sound (noise of the flowing creek water). According to another interpretation is " ringing " of " verschellen " so that is a pronouncement of judgments by the " Schill " ( Chief Justice ) meant. Thus, the name attributed to an ancient court of justice.

Topography

The creek rises to around 258 meters sea level in a small grove in Nächstebreck -West. He gets directly behind the source from the left toward the beekeepers feed path of a 260 -meter-long unnamed creek. The Schellenbeck flows in a south-easterly direction and crosses under approximately 150 meters, the Federal Highway 46 where it flows in a natural space which is on the western side from fields and meadows and is adjacent to the eastern side of houses.

After about 1000 meters on the eastern side of a small garden, then the Schellenbeck receives from the right inlet of the 937 -meter-long pool in Allenkotten. The stream then flows in an easterly direction, after another 200 meters flows from the left of the 822 -meter-long hair Hauser Bach to.

Around 1850 meters from the source has Schellenbeck reached the old railway embankment of the railway in Wuppertal - Wichlinghausen - Hattingen and crosses under the road piped over a distance of about 80 meters. After another 80 meters of stream flows to 190 meters above sea level in the Black Brook, which flows into the river Wupper in the later stages.

History

From the Middle Ages until 1922 was the Bach border waters. He parted among others, the Office of the Duchy of Berg Beyenburg by the Office of the County Weather and Mark was up to the incorporation Nächstebrecks in Barmen also boundary between the Rhineland and Westphalia.

The farm Schellenbeck (also Schellenbeke ) was a Hofesgut that counted for Oberhof Einern. He was first mentioned in 1410.

There was also a cotta in the upper Schellenbeck, which was run by the family Schellenbeck. Members of the family were also mentioned as bleachers and yarn traders in records of the 17th and 18th centuries.