Klosterbach (Varreler Bäke)

The Klosterbach at Kirchseelte

The Klosterbach is a 41.8 km long, left-sided or southern tributary of Ochtum in the river system of the Weser. It flows almost exclusively in Diepholz (Lower Saxony, Germany ) and has a catchment area of ​​approximately 250 km ².

Course

The source of Bach's Monastery is located in the north of Moor Geest Scholes in the Samtgemeinde Schwaförden; the nature reserve Moor Geest has been extended to the headwaters of the monastery Bach to nature reserve Geest moor Klosterbachtal 2009. From there it flows through the towns of New Churches, Bassum, Kirchseelte, Stuhr- Heiligenrode Stuhr- Varrel ( Tölkenbrück, called from here Varreler Bäke ) Huchting to open stream in the Ochtum the place.

In the southern part of the reserve, the Moor Geest, is a watershed. During the monastery creek flows in a northerly direction to the Ochtum, springs from the same bog the Small Aue, which flows in a southerly direction to the Große Aue.

Water mills

In Bassum and in Stuhr- Heiligenrode are even water mills. They are witnesses to the fact that the water power from streams once served the energy to power grain mills.