Hahnenbach (Boye)

Renatured stream below the Mottbruchhalde

The cock Bach is a left tributary of the Boye in the Ruhr area with a 2.9 km long main run and a 0.7 km long sidearm ( TVC 2772682 ).

The main run rises in Gladbeck- Brauck from an underground collector near Lützen Kampstraße. It flows in a southwesterly direction past the cemetery Brauck and on the sports field, through the allotments and the L 615 therethrough. More to the south, it goes along the South Park to the site of the former colliery Mathias Stinnes 3/4 that of Bach circled south and then turn off before the heap 19 north. Is the pumping station Hahnenbach in which also opens the side arm of the North: Between the Mottbruchhalde and the heap 19. The confluence with the Boye is still 400 meters to the southwest of the city limits of Bottrop, the water is pumped piped on this route.

After the creek for decades served as a parallel Köttelbecke Bled sewer was built in 2008, which has been in operation since 2009. Since September 2010, the Bach is renatured in the project conversion of the Emscher system. The work should be completed by 2012. Here also the adventure trail Our Hahnenbach, the eight stations differently designed residence and access areas, a "Blue Classroom", art objects, information boards and will provide small ridges formed.