Ellerbrockgraben

The Ellerbrockgraben as the boundary of Hall against Steinhagen

The Ellerbrockgraben, alternatively referred to as If Erbach, is an orographic left tributary of the Rheda creek in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany. It has a length of 4.2 km.

River course

The Ellerbrockgraben arises between belonging to Steinhagen village Brockhagen and the Haller Bokel district, close to the Sandforther lake. It flows from the southwest direction and drained on its running exclusively by rural area route the meadows of the peasantry Sandforth and Kölkebeck. Here, the Ellerbrockgraben temporarily also forms the boundary of the town hall opposite the church Steinhagen.

In Kölkebeck the waters, whose name derives from the Low German word for alder, eventually tapering off in the north and in this area, which is divided into two arms Rheda stream flows. The left side arm, which flows to the Ellerbrockgraben is also referred to as a mill stream. In Harsewinkel Rheda Bach finally flows into the Ems.

The Ellerbrockgraben overcomes during its flow path a height difference of 14 meters, thus results in an average bed slope of 3.3 ‰.