Malefinkbach

Stream bed in Hasselsweiler

The times Fink Bach or " the times Fink " rises in Jülich in about 100 m above sea level at Opherten and Titz. Here lies the watershed between the Rur and Erft. The water flows at about 52.5 m above N.N. north of Rurich at Good Goose Broich in the Rur. The times Fink stream has a catchment area of 71.5 km ² and a length of 21.8 km.

Course

The course is first of north-east to south -west. The creek flows from Opherten and Titz coming to the farm Meerhof passing through Hasselsweiler. From here begins its run in a valley past Müntz and Hompesch after Boslar. The times Fink creek now enters out of the valley and flows behind Tetz in the flat, pointed rich Rurlandschaft. The creek is now parallel to the Rur; it flows in a northerly direction over past Linnich and Körrenzig to Ruricher castle, to Rurich and flows north of the village in the Rur.

Water construction

1965 occurred in the upper reaches flood damage, the creek was therefore rebuilt and has a new profile.

Later restoration measures were carried out below Tetz in the Rurauen.

Water management

The creek has, due to the pumping of the nearby lignite mine, no continuous water flow and no groundwater contact. From the now disused sewage plant in Hompesch he received an influx. In the lower reaches, in the Rurauen also the original reason water contact is no longer, because here intervene drainage measures. Also, it comes in loose ground to strong seepage.

The times would Fink creek now completely dried up in the lower stream if the mining operator, the company Rhein Braun, today, RWE Power AG, would not constantly feed in the Rurbrücke in Körrenzig water.

Water rights

The castle Rurich entitled to a water right at Male Fink Bach to today.

Pollarded willows by the riverside at Körrenzig

Confluence with the River Rur