Marscheider Bach

Lapped roots in Marscheider Bach

The Marscheider Bach is a left tributary of the Wupper River in the east of North Rhine-Westphalian city of Wuppertal.

Location and topography

The Marscheider creek rises in the Garschager Heath to 309 meters above sea level. NN east of the hamlet of Remscheid Lüttringhausen on the railway line Wuppertal- Barmen- Solingen. In its upper reaches it passes under the Federal Highway 1 and passes through the outskirts of Wuppertal. Then flows through the creek in a deep V-shaped valley the Marscheider forest or Herbringhauser forest. In the course he fed some smaller fish ponds and flows Laaken to 175 meters above sea level. NN in the amount of the Memorial of the KZ Kemna in the Wupper. To the west of the creek are the towns Did Berg, Linde, Kleinbeek, small and Großsporkert and on the Marscheider mountain hamlet of Marscheid, in the east elevation of the Paul Berg places Herbringhausen and Wefelpütt.

History

Like almost all longer streams in the Wupper square was used for several water engines since the late Middle Ages, the water force on Marscheider Bach. From the source to the mouth that were the Luckhauser grinding cotta, the haste Berger mill, miller's fulling mill, the Diederich Hammer (parent company of the company Diro steel), the Dienes hammer and the hammer moth (also called Laaker Hammer). Only the building of Luckhauser Kottens, haste Mühle and the residential building of the Diederich Hammers are obtained from these plants yet.

Both the Barmen and Elberfeld line Bergische Landwehr crossed the Marscheider Bach.

Conservation

Three designated protected areas cover almost the entire stream. The nature reserves headwaters Marscheider stream valley, the middle reaches Marscheider stream valley and Marscheider Bachtal together have an area of ​​65 hectares. The protection was

  • For the preservation of the natural upland and meadow brook,
  • For the conservation of habitat connectivity function as well as to ensure the functioning of the ecosystem of the river ecosystem in the entire course of the Marscheider stream and to avoid adverse effects on the highly privileged habitat structures in the middle and lower reaches,
  • For the conservation and protection of the river as a habitat for the riverine fauna and flora, to ensure the continuity, momentum, water quality and the structural richness of the river,
  • For the conservation, restoration and protection of the communities that are bound to the river system of the upper reaches Marscheider Bach, specifically the source areas and Quellsiefen,
  • For the conservation of brook accompanying grassland among others the wet and damp grasslands, the hay meadows and abandoned grasslands,
  • For the conservation of the riverine fauna and flora, the Röhrichtsäume and shore Hochstaudenfluren and the sedge and comb harrows Ried,
  • For the conservation and development of talbegleitenden habitats for aquatic and terrestrial communities,
  • For the conservation of endangered species and their habitats, especially bullhead, brook lamprey, Kingfisher and Red-backed Shrike,
  • For the conservation and restoration of natural, indigenous, talbegleitenden deciduous forest stocks, especially the bach accompanying alder forests, oak-hornbeam stocks and Luzulo - beech forests on the valley slopes,
  • Because of the ecologically valuable wetlands,
  • Because of the natural stream course,
  • For the conservation of semi-natural oak -hornbeam stands,
  • For the conservation of alder swamp forests,
  • Because of well-trained plant community,
  • Because of its importance for butterflies, amphibians, beetles, reptiles and cavity nesters,
  • To preserve specifically for preservation as amphibian breeding place
  • Because of the special character and beauty of the area,
  • Because of the high structural diversity.
Naturschutzgebiet European brook lamprey
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