Leyerbach

The fountain -like condensed stream along the ash path in Ronsdorf

The Leyerbach is a body of water that rises in Wuppertal- Ronsdorf and flows Remscheid- Hadde creek in the Morsbach. The Leyerbach has no single source but is fed by multiple source pots that are active in some cases only after appropriate rainfall.

A restaurant near the sources bears the misleading name to Morsbach source. The piping of the stream in the upper reaches ( after he has been fed some small ponds ) has now / remade in the field Ascheweg Am Stadtbahnhof reversed, so that he as here, Stadtbach 'extends and ensures a certain flair.

In the upper reaches of the name Ronsdorfer Bach was called, from its confluence with the Lüttringhauser Bach at the Leyermühle or Halbacher mill at Halbach he is referred to as Leyerbach, sometimes called Halbacher Bach.

Industrial importance

At the creek there are many historical hammer works and figurines that bear witness to the once important industrial function of Leyerbachs. In 1800, eleven and nine grinding hammer mills were operated figurines, among them the Wüster hammer, which was demolished due to the creation of a rain detention basin.

Last in operation was the Leyerhammer, named after its owners also " stubborn mountain Hammer" and " Hilbert Hammer", which is used occasionally for training purposes of the steel mills Grimm just yet. From time to time will also forge demonstrations take place after you have first few days dammed up the water in the hammer pond. Together with the companies to Morsbach, Eschbach and Lobach were the forges a center of industry in the Bergische Land.

Stubbornness mountain hammer weir

Stubbornness Mountain Hammer -cotta