Varresbeck

The Varresbeck In der Beek

Regenklär and retention basins in the Beek

The Varresbeck is a 3.2 -kilometer-long river in the municipality of Wuppertal Elberfeld -West. The creek that is a tributary of the river Wupper, is also the namesake for the residential district Varresbeck. For the name of the watercourse tautology Varresbecker Bach is also frequently used. (Beck is the Low German word for stream ).

Topography

The creek originates in a residential area 237 meters above sea level directly at the watershed to the river system of Düsseldorf. The first stretch of the creek runs underground pipes and leads first to the south along the road in der Beek, where the water comes to light again. The Varresbeck here has formed a small valley in the shale, followed by the road. The place name in der Beek ( Beek is the Low German term for " brook" ) has apparently been first mentioned in the 14th century. In the further course of the stream reaches a Regenklär and retention basins, which was built in 1987. This complex was renovated in 2000. According to this structure the stream runs again piped underground current to the mouth. At the end of the road in der Beek, he turns to the south-west and runs parallel to the motorway 46 (A 46), west to the Nützenberg. Further, the stream flows underground parallel to the valley road and then south under the Varresbecker road as a portion of federal highway 7 on, then joins near the monorail station Varresbeck in around 139 m altitude in the Wupper.

Eulenkopfweg

The area of the brook in the Beek part of the trail Eulenkopfweg, which includes next to the creek and the industrial monument of Kalktrichterofens on Eskesberg and renatured, located in the former quarry landfill.

Manor Varresbeck

With planning the construction of the A 46 in the late 1960s, it became necessary to give some thought to the manor Varresbeck. This manor house on the outskirts of Nützenberger road, which was first mentioned in documents in 1402, the widening of the road had to yield. The almost decaying buildings was demolished in 1972 and is now rebuilt in the Open Air Museum Good Hungen Bach in Kürten. On the site of a hotel was built later.

Soil pollution in the valley road

In the valley road in 1991 significant impacts on the soil were found in analyzes that originated in the early industrial period at the beginning of colonization in the 19th century. The residues of the slag and industrial waste made it necessary that the upper soil layer of the gardens worn and had to be replaced by new Mother Earth. A playground was completely sealed with asphalt. The renovation was completed in 1998.

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