Großer Dieckriver

The forested path between source and Oldendorfer Switzerland

North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany

Fehr meadows ditch,

Tielger Bruchgraben

Twiehauser Bach, Little River Dieck

Big Dieck river is called the bar at the watershed Kamp, City Prussian Oldendorf, prominent river of 38 km in length. As Gr. Diekmann Fl. it is referred to the mid-19th century on the northern border of the former district Luebbecke before the class Diekmann Fl. opens, and both together as Gr. Diekmann lead to the gr floodplain.

The Great Dieck flow is left tributary of the Große Aue, a left tributary of the Weser, and is fed from the Wiehengebirge, from the lowlands of the western district of Minden - Luebbecke in northern North Rhine -Westphalia and the southeast slope of the mountain Stemweder.

• 2.1 Influence of water locks
• 2.2 The detour to the Great Aue

Headwaters

As the upper reaches of the Great River Dieck is the distance to the entrance to the level of about 50 m above sea level. NN north of Passenger Hausen considered.

Coming from the mountains of Oldendorfer Wiehen the stream has the Wittlager Lößvorland, see Lübbecker Lößland by measure, and enters the middle Passenger Stockhausen in the Alsweder lowlands and thus into the North German Plain.

Headwaters

The source Big Dieckfluss52.2852905133338.4973829983333 encouraging bark Kamp is located in the nature reserve Limberg and Offelter mountain on the source height 140 m above sea level. NN close down the paths of Offelten and the nucleus Prussian Oldendorf over the deforested back into the bar Kamp Eggetal with turnoff to Limberg.

Not far to the east is the headwaters of the Landwehr Bach, south runs along the Eggetals the ( Börninghauser ) mill creek. Both belong to the catchment area of the Große Aue.

In the north of the mountain ridge separates Offelter 178 m above sea level. NN - Brümmel against the catchment area of ​​Offelter creek, which drains northeast of good wholesale Passenger squatting in the Great Dieck river.

Oldendorfer Switzerland

The Great Dieck river winds through a wooded area and enters above the forest swimming pool in the open ground of the Oldendorfer Switzerland, delivered earlier times, fresh water for fish ponds and was used until the 1950s to feed the forest pool.

For the first time in its course the stream was higher installed on the hillside here. The already very comfortable Waldschwimmbad replaced the bathhouse, which was not built far below the source of the "soil Bach " and fed by him. This bathhouse at the corner of Brickyard Road / At the bottom Bach had soon after 1940 the air tank bearing soft, whose construction was decided in late 1939. The bottom stream flowing through Harlinghausen and is in the catchment area of ​​the River Hunte and is called in the further course Schröttinghauser, then awareness Höfer Bach.

Important tributary to the Great Dieck arises when entering the Hegge through the left inflow Eggebach. This rises about 140 meters high near the old peace before the steep climb to the elongated harrow 198 meters above sea level. Sea level and near the watershed to the catchment area of ​​the river Hunte, in which the area drained by the former tunnels of the mines on the grounds of peasantry Harlinghausen.

Between Big Dieck on beam Kamp and Eggebach near the watershed to the west lie close on the northern slope of the harrow lined up numerous other sources. The entire source area drained by the gate to Oldendorfer Switzerland.

Arteries

The Eggebach forwards the current mountain road from Oldendorf forth into Eggetal to the steep rise of the harrow; then this driveway rejects the northern slope of the breakthrough until, a state of emergency work of the years around 1926, the harrow can happen at Harling Hauser reason and lowers adjacent to Lower Saxony to the valley floor.

In earlier times to the twenties of the 20th century two other mediated by the harrow forth the Great Dieck river fed streams of traffic Eininghausen and Börninghausen with the city center Oldendorf. The Eininghauser way and Börninghauser way took the direct route over the harrow, following the way as possible the streams between the Great Dieck and Eggebach.

Gateway to Oldendorfer Switzerland

The paths after Börninghausen and Eininghausen meet at the south end of Hegge, where about four mentioned streams unite. At the north end of the Hegge to Pep Brümmel and Baben Oldendorf come today left a mountain, so close that a step in the terrain allowed the installation of a mill. Among other things, the tree-lined straight for the Great Dieck in the area of ​​200 m long Hegge has a - towards artificial, hang side course that provides the necessary height difference to power a mill - the other times. These apparently the Dieck soil was excavated east right. The steep formerly fortified with quarry stone path east of the Hegge bypasses this formerly shallow, impassable, at least for carts valley cut. To the west is called the residential street in the recent Hegge, a housing estate was built in the formerly shallow stone 's meadow.

Here in the Great Above Oldendorf Dieck river has divided the Oldendorfer promontory in Brümmel and left and the " gateway to Oldendorfer Switzerland " created, provided they do not dump anyway here took in the deposits of the Middle Dogger by headward erosion of their origin. Where is the narrowness opens to the north, the site of Henry in the Doven Diech, later Daubendiek, Oldendorf No. 30, are suspected, today the guest house. The associated 100 yards further north, also broken Wilken cotta this site is shown.

Water mills

The watermill to top Oldendorf was known as the top mill, later under the name Haaken mill; she was a grain, oil and Bokemühle. Due to limited coverage of the creek a steam engine was installed before 1880; a saw mill was also operated. 1901 Heinrich Haake was the owner of the mill, he built a larger facility to generate electricity. Residents of the left road, mountain road now, based electricity, including the former rescue center Pollertshof from 1902.

A few hundred meters from the terrain was suitable again for creating a overshot water mill. She was formerly known as olive mill and still in the fifties of the 20th century as a corn mill - Kroger's Mill - in operation. Around 1900 were roasted chicory for coffee substitute, ground, packed in bags and sold as Päcksken. Again, the creek was moved higher on the eastern slope; so the required drop height has been reached. For this mill and its located directly in front of the waterwheel pond extensive earth movements had to be accepted. Steep slopes in the area between the mills suggest still out. The resulting lowering in such transfers were filled and leveled, in this case along the left, later mountain road, an open ditch was created on its west side on slopes. In the case of repairs to the mill wheel or a torrential rain, he served as Umflut for the Great Dieck. Between these two mills was the creek in the area of the former site Oldendorf No. 30, the site of the present " house guest " overbuilt.

Below the oil mill, the oldest settlement area Oldendorf with the lined-up at the Great Dieck farms begins starting with the previous site pollert, Oldendorf No. 1, since the mid 19th century, first rescue home and now the Diaconal device Pollertshof. Where the river leaves the black district, in turn, was a mill will be created: Köllings mill, known in the 19th century midmost or Oldendorfer mill. After another mill, the lowest or " Conradi's " mill, the Dieck river ran east to the Oldendorfer church past, along the road to Enger Hausen and through this place until Good Großengersdorf Hausen. These four Oldendorfer watermills states in 1704:

" These four mills drives a small brook Auss the mountain. "

Small impoundments of Dieck - Bache, as they said - enabled Wash Rinse or exploit for watering gardens. In freezing Krogers millpond served for skating, for Scholl driving at thaw. Even the forest pool could be used in the fifties for ice skating and ice hockey; as the pelvis was not finally emptied in the winter in order to counteract the external pressure due to ground water.

The described course is now between the oil mill and the estate wholesale Passenger Hausen widely circumvented by an artificial watercourse east of Oldendorf and Passenger Hausen. The road name By the brook marks the former course through the Black neighborhood, whose name in turn points to the devastating fire of 1820. The could even close the stream does not contain due to the very dense development; because of the important function for fire fighting is sometimes called Brandbachstrasse The Bache. The along the creek at the forest pool pass leading into the forest path here could bear the occasional place name Brandweg.

Course in the lowlands

A typical means overflow or underflow is not recognizable. The Great Dieck river has often deepened a unit profile with directly adjacent agricultural use. The water flow can be regulated by weirs, see melioration. On the 33 km from Enger Hausen to the mouth of the Große Aue accounts for 13 m height difference.

In the Great Passenger Hausen Dieck reached the North German Plain at the level of about 50 m, further he runs to the east of the site in the Old pond located between the water locks Good Great - Passenger Hausen and lock Hüffe. Northeast of good wholesale Passenger Hausen took the river to 1993 on the treated wastewater Oldendorf and Passenger Stockhausen. In the near westerly Tegel land of river left deposits that served since 1864, several decades of brick-making to exhaustion of the bearing. In 1904, therefore, the steam brick had to be founded at the foot of the mountain left. As the shale at the local quarry in 1937 was also exhausted, the clay pit on the mountain road was exploited above the Oldendorfer Switzerland and the tone by cable car transported zoom.

Influence of water locks

Before the Great Dieck under the Mittelland Canal with its drainage to 50.3 m above sea level. NN is passed through it, he receives inflow from the Hüffer creek that leads to the Schlossgräfte close by. The castle had Hüffe according to a plan Knipp Mount of 1783 " before times" a water mill on the old Bache. This is apparently around the Great Dieck as the precursor of this today Hüffer Bach. In Minden Lehnsregister these Huffer Mole is mentioned around 1350. In the available low gradient their expiration will not have been prevented. To lock Hollwinkel include the location in a comparable area Hollwinkler mill on Hollwinkler wood, one also abandoned mill on the river, however, far richer Große Aue.

Water system. Because of the small differences in height Large Dieck and Große Aue must be historically considered as a unit, which was perhaps equipped with water rights, see, for example bifurcation. The earliest plan of the area between Hüffe and Hollwinkel from the second half of the 16th century. allows for the interpretation that the operation of the Hüffer water mill, the water of the - no longer fully preserved - Umflut the Große Aue The New dug current for the Offelter Königsmühle was tapped by the waters " The Horsteke Bach" on Spreckenhorst, its location close to southern tip of the park Hüffer accurate apparent from a map from 1829.

This plan includes south two more water courses. Except for the operation of the mill had to anyway to ensure the flow to ponds and for the significant, adequate drainage of the Hüffer Schlossgräfte; Obrist Christoph von Wrisberg Hüffe had acquired by marriage in 1554, and can be attached newly before creating this plan by 1555. That may have been connected with a transfer of streams; Wrisberg built west of the castle, a windmill in the Oldendorfer Mark. The plan with substantial reference to Hüffe from the second half of the 16th century. contained only the east Hüffes neighboring mills.

This plan is to be duly Hüffe The Ertbrandt in the catchment area of the Dieck mentioned. A designation as the brand could point to another location for brick burning.

In low gradient, the river at a height of 47.5 m above sea level. NN east and north of Getmold also deposited clay suitable for burning bricks. In the years from 1861 to 1864 built three Getmolder Colone Feldbrandöfen. The former was founded until after 1880; another pretty rich deposition in this area was exploited by a more brickyard still 1905 for bricks and roof tiles.

The detour to the Great Aue

In a wide arc of the Great Dieck obtained from the west, so will its course through the Geest and shift back Gehügel, runs around the elevation of the site Levern around the nature reserve reaches Dumber, avoids the Sundern hill of considerable height 75.9 m above. NN, offering in this way a large area around 40 m above sea level. NN to to drainage. The Leverner Hill has 67.9 m above sea level. Sea level, the height of the Great Dieck has above in Oldendorf at the " top mill " or oil mill. Re- enter the premises designations such as Lever Pond, Vorm and Behind the ponds with the nature reserve Lever Pond Lever fracture. In the 18th century, situated on the south Levern courtyards is the location information Diekriede or " of the Diekriede " used. Even upriver In ancient ruptures the boundary follows the artificial river running between the city Prussian Oldendorf and community Stemwede. The here -to-find term " channel " for the waters refers to the straightening for a flood-free drainage, a measure that determines the further course of the Great Dieck, see renaturation of the Große Aue. In ruptures inflow occurs through the Buschmannsorter ditch.

The site names indicate the early impenetrable lowlands; south separates the Niederheide that of the Great Dieck of the awareness of Höfer Bach. Across the Niederheide a medieval Landwehr is still made ​​the jumps on the map of 1837 indicated that served the trade control and border security between Ravensberg and Diocese of Osnabrück.

After the confluence of the Hollwedener trench from the west to the Great Dieck, this applies clearly to the northeast and stays away Stemweder the mountain. The Fehr meadows ditch accompanied from here on 7 km to Dieck on its north side by absorbing streams from Stemweder Berg, before he opens at the Fehr meadows. According to the leading- in from the right waters Twiehauser ditch and Small Dieck flow of Tielger Bruchgraben flows from the left to the case of significant importance for the water drainage in Oppenweher Moor. After the Great Dieck flow in Prussian Ströhen opens in Börstel to 37 m above sea level. NN in the Große Aue; before he passes under the highway 239 and the railway line frets - Bassum. The nature reserve Karl Moor is located east of the main road between the two rivers.

Historical Note: In the topographic map series is the Le Coq in the Map Section IX of 1805 the Great Dieck river twice ( west Niedermehnen and before the confluence with the Große Aue ) as "the small floodplain " means. Today's Small Aue is, in the issue east of Rahden " the New Canal ."