Hemelter Bach
Bever Gerner Aa in Bevergern
The Hemelter Bach is a 33.9 km long, orographic right tributary of the Ems in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany. In the upper reaches of the river is called Floethe and later Bever Gerner Aa.
Geography
The Hemelter Bach arises as Floethe approximately 2 km west of Tecklenburg at Fort stall at an altitude of 99 m above sea level. NN. It flows mainly in the west. After crossing under the Dortmund- Ems Canal, the river changes its name for the first time and is called from here Flötte, from the city limits to Bevergern he called Bever Gerner Aa.
Before the creek Bevergern reached, it happens Surenburg Castle. At the border to the Rhine river leaves the Tecklenburger country again changed its name and is called henceforth Hemelter Bach. In Rheine in the Munsterland the river finally flows at 29 m above sea level. NN in the Ems.
At a distance of 33.9 kilometers of Hemelter Bach overcomes a height difference of 70 m, corresponding to an average bed slope of 2.1 ‰. It drains an area of 95.008 km ².
Trivia
A special role in the Customs receives the Hemelter Bach in the field of the place Bevergern. Local bachelors Protect maintain the day after the shooting- a haul in the Bever Gerner Aa to be completed. The catch, often only symbolic in nature, will be presented the new queen and " for consumption, etc. " over suitable.
Others
See also: List of waters with Aa