Sprockhöveler Bach

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The Sprockhöveler Bach is a Sprockhövel named after the city, left tributary of the lower Ruhr, which opens by a north and north-west course through the urban area in Hattingen.

During the O.A. Corresponds to the usual course of topographical maps, according to the water station with Sprockhöveler Bach only the upper and middle reaches of this stream ( 276 942, 11.2 km ) is called, which is a tributary of the Paasbaches ( 27694, see below, the lower reaches 6.6 km long) classified. Accordingly, the stream described here has two waters Root.

Course

The creek originates in the southwest Haßlinghausens, on Halloh. Already here he must break through the hard sandstone benches that were mined in Weuste.

The creek has carved in a geological fault on his way. The dug into the soft clay tributaries and Siepen lead the creek to their water.

The upper run was formerly called also Wigger Hauser Bach.

The creek meanders through the wide valley to the north and crosses under the former narrow-gauge railway Bossel - Blankenstein. Here he fed a few fish ponds. From here, the creek of the old railway line Schee - Hattingen running parallel at a safe distance. North of the colliery Small windmill he crosses the road from Sprockhövel to Schwelm and later turns west towards the village of Niedersprockhövel. Is Before reaching the settlement areas Iterates of Bach prevent a flood protection system, the flooding by limiting the flow rate in the locality and in the water leads to other floodplains. A few yards away from this building used to be a large mill pond. The core of Sprockhövel passing it continues west to Bredenscheid. But here a hard sandstone bench is pierced again. After that, the bank turns east and flows around Hattingen. In Ludwigstal he disappears then today in the sewers. The lower barrel was formerly called Schier Höller Bach or Sünsbruch Bach.

Behind the former Henrichshütte the stream ends today with a large stream passage in the Ruhr.

Mining

By mining some side streams have dried up. The function of the drainage have taken a number of dilapidated tunnels.

Hydropower

The use of water power was sparse.

• Mill Hausbruch
• Slip -cotta at the Kratzmühle
• Mill Sprockhövel

Tributaries

Small Becke

The small Becke is a short tributaries that at the location on the turnpike rises, then an artificially dammed pond at the guest house small pool fed to then culminate in the district Bossel in the Sprockhöveler Bach.

Paasbach

The Paasbach ( 7.8 km ) originates at Winterberg in Stüter. Then it flows through the NSG forest in the Upper Paasbach in a northeasterly direction. In Vogelbruch he takes the Bach " On Vogelbruch " and the home Becke and flows to the Paasmühle. There is also the court Paas after the creek is named. Behind the Paasmühle turns to the north. He breaks through the coal mountains, where the colliery Old Haase since ancient times already degraded your coals. Behind the Hof Am Waskönige the creek turns to the northwest. Behind the embankment of the railway line Hattingen -Wuppertal he reached the place Bredenscheid and then pours into the Sprockhöveler Bach.

Conservation

Some sections of the Sprockhöveler Bach have been designated as protected areas because of its near-natural river scenery including meanders:

• NSG Southern Sprockhöveler Bachtal
• NSG Upper Sprockhöveler Bachtal
• NSG Lower Sprockhöveler Bachtal