Angerbach (Rhein)

Angersbach between the Holy House and Ratingen

The river rises in the underground inflows to the city pond in Wülfrath the east and passes through the district of Mettmann, the northern part of Düsseldorf and the south of Duisburg to its confluence with the Rhine at Duisburg- Angerhausen. During the course of the river is characterized in its eastern course by a relatively steep slope, he meets with the Ratingen- Lintorf on the Lower Rhine Lower Terrace, thence very flat to the Rhine. Important for the outflow of the water is the limestone quarrying in the city Wülfrath.

The Anger is subject to strict flood protection, as it could endanger large parts of the city Ratingen, Duisburg and Dusseldorf absence of regulatory measures.

The area around the lower Angersbach is called Angerland and corresponds to the old bergischen Office Angermund that the north of the present-day district of Mettmann, Kettwig, parts of the present-day city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, the northern Düsseldorf city parts and most of the present-day city of Duisburg district of Duisburg South included.

In Ratingen Gräfgenstein the castle, the former watermill Auermühle, the Poensgen Park and Wasserburg house to house on the Anger lie; on the Düsseldorf area Castle Angermund, castle Heltorf, Knight seat wholesale Winkelhausen and the angle Hauser oil mill and on the Duisburg area, the Good Kesselberg, the sand mill house Böckum, house Remberg, the Biegerhof, the former Medefurter yard with mill and the house Angerort.

The house Anger is a former manor in Anger Valley.