Loemühlenbach

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The Loemühlenbach is a good 8.5 km long, orographic left tributary of the underflow or Sickingmühlenbachs, which rises in Herten, but mainly runs in Marl (both North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany ). He was 1926 Grenzbach between Drewer (old office Marl) in the west and Löntrup or sleeve (formerly Recklinghausen's country ) to the east; today it is between the Weiersbach in Old Marl in the west and the Silvertbach in Sinsen in the east, the central river of the extended east town of Marl and runs in its middle reaches all in the districts of South - sleeve and sleeve -Nord.

Course

The Loemühlenbach arises as Upper Mill Brook at the Polsumer road in the northwest of Herten - Langenbochum and turns first to the northeast. After 250 meters, he reached the first of four parts of the named after him, a total of 61 acres of nature reserve Loemühlenbachtal. Here the creek is largely close to nature, but partly strongly reshaped. It is home to several red-listed plant and animal species. At 7.1 miles above the mouth it flows from the left in the Klever Becke be a kilometer long liberal source to stream whose valley occupies the major part of the second section of the nature reserve. He takes from now on as a border river between Herten and Marl, whose first easterly direction to to turn off again to the northeast. In the third section of the reserve flow at kilometer 6.7, type a kilometer-long right tributary creek and on 6.4 kilometers of a kilometer long Wiesenthal Bach.

From km 6.2 to km 5.6 of the creek forms the boundary between Marl and Recklinghausen ( Bock - Holt ), where it crosses under the highway 225 to enter directly behind in the fourth and largest section of the nature reserve. Full on today Marler flows the brook now in the main to the north. Currently operated at a hotel, historic Loemühle he feeds the Loemühlenteich the nature reserve ends soon flows to 3.4 km from the right about 3.5 km long Bockholter a Bach.

At 2.55 km turns left the 820 -meter high water Flutmulde Loemühlenbach which open out after 350 meters, the 2 km long Loekampbach and after another 300 meters of the 3.4 long Freerbruchbach. From 1.8 km both arms are reunited.

Before the confluence with the influx or in the Silvertbach the south of the Old Forest settlement in Marl -Hamm he is in the field of railway lines and the A52, which is passed under on 0.4 km, cased.

Inflows

The following tributaries feed the Loemühlenbach (in brackets Zuflusseite, DGKZ [ if known ], length, inflow km):

• Klever Becke (left; 2,789,241; ? Approximately 1.1 km; 7.1 km to )
• NN (left; 2,789,241; ? Approximately 1 km; 6.7 km to )
• Wiesenthal Bach (right; 2,789,242; 1.041 km, at km 6.4 )
• Bockholter Bach (right; 2,789,244; 3.588 km, at km 3.4 )
• Flood Flutmulde Loemühlenbach (left tributary; 2,789,248; 820 m; 2.55 to km ) Loekampbach (left; 27,892,484; 1.988 km; 350 meters )
• Freerbruchbach (left; 27,892,486; 3.436 km, 650 m)