Borbach (Ruhr)

The hammer pond at the Hohenstein

The Borbach is a river that flows from Witten- Witten snow where it discharges into the Ruhr.

Name

The Borbach was formerly called Borbecke. There are two settlements Borbach Small and Large Borbach.

Geographical Location

In Witten- snow Borbach springs and flows quickly into the Erlenmeyer pond. Then it flows through the Hasenhölzken and turns in a westerly direction to the Buchholz. This feeds the artificial three ponds in a recreation area Buchholz.

"Three Ponds " Lower Pond

Then the Borbach flows north past the settlement Small Borbach. Many of the houses were built in the 19th century by immigrant miners who earned here in the Annener Markland for the construction of figurines.

Then it flows past the former colliery Borbachtal. Here V and Borbachtal search of coal was investigated with limited success under several names such as turnpike Good Hope. Then he takes the Merensiepen and flows through the village of Great Borbach and crosses under the road carbon Siepen.

Nearby is the built in 1867 Borbachschlösschen. The small country lodge has a gothic -style large pointed arch, sandstone bay window and Art Nouveau stained glass and, inside stucco ceiling in the style of historicism.

He then continues to flow in a westerly direction and flows around the south of the creek located Hohenstein. At the Crooked shoot, he turns to the southwest, then to reach the hammer pond.

The pond was dammed in 1722 to serve the first Witten hammer mill manufacturers of Peter Lange as an energy source. Therefore, the pond is now called Hammer pond.

After leaving the pond of Borbach flows into the mill ditch the Ruhr below the Wennemarsberg.

Tributaries

• Kermelbach
• Merensiepen