Furlbach

The Furlbach in Kolding Heath

The Furlbach is an orographic right tributaries of the upper Ems in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany. It has a length of 14.6 km. Because of its closeness to nature, he is a reference waters and represents the watercourse type 14 - sandstructured lowland streams.

River course

The Furlbach rises almost on August Strand area in the upper Senne within the nature reserve gorges and Moore at the top Furlbach. There is located on an area of ​​about one and a half acres of a spring bog from which the water comes to light on numerous passages from the valley floor and talk to the musicians. At the bottom of the source Moores unite the rivulets and form the Furlbach whose discharge rate is so high already below the headwaters that there was once a water mill could be operated. This named as Tütgenmühle plant is today but received only as a ruin.

The water then enters the area of Schloss Holte- Stukenbrock and takes the right side of the tapered Augustendorf Furtenbach on. It then continues its path through the Furlbachtal in southwestern direction and follows the flattening of the Teutoburg Forest. Within the river valley of the waters running through wooded grounds exclusively.

A few meters after leaving the protected area increases the Furlbach southeast of the safari parks Stukenbrock the tapering from the military training ground Senne Bear Creek, and is then accumulated at the level of Fockelmühle to a fish pond. In the course of Furlbach passes the 13.5 -acre former sand pit Sennesee, then crosses under the federal highway 33 and then enters the municipality of Hovelhof.

After crossing the district Hövelriege the Furlbach in the Katte heath again passes through a built for the purpose of fish farming dam and leads south past the Rixelbruch, an expansive 6.4 hectares and consisting of an alder swamp forest on sandy ground conservation area.

Below flows through the south of Furlbach Kaunitz and north of Espeln the parkland of Kolding Heath, in it is an old border heath of the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn and the County of Rietberg, as well as in the previously traversed Katte Heath. To the west of this area enters the water then in the urban area of ​​Delbrück.

North of the hamlet of stone Horst Delbrücker the Furlbach is derived via an old sluice building in a southerly direction and empties shortly thereafter in the Ems. The, also known as Lannertbach oxbow lake continues on his way, however, in southwestern direction away and then forms the western end of the basin and the Steinhorster Delbrücker city limits against Verl and Rietberg. South of Steinhorster basin then dehydrated even this oxbow lake in the Ems.

The waters overcomes during its flow path a height difference of 56 meters, thus results in an average bed slope of 3.8 ‰.

Characteristics

Characteristic of the Furlbach is next to its clear water the very bright and provided with a distinctive rippled sand bed, which is indeed particularly pronounced in Furlbachtal, but widely throughout the river course visible. While the stream has cut into its upper course meandering in a Schluchttal, the bed runs in the lower reaches from about the entry into the Kolding heath due to sedimentation is higher than the surrounding Auenniveau.

Etymology

The name " Furlbach " refers to the pine or fir, which was formerly called Forlì or Furle. The pine is by far the most common tree in the woods and forests of the Senne.

In the vernacular of Furlbach is called due to its very light sand bed also " witte Biäke " (white river ).

Others

Especially in middle and lower reaches of the Furlbachs are fortifications that served formerly the irrigation of the adjacent meadows and constitute an insurmountable obstacle for the aquatic fauna. In recent years, the ecological continuity has been restored, however, by applied to three weirs bypass channels and six weirs have been redesigned to Sohlgleiten.