Mehner Bach

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The Mehner Bach, also known as Obermehner mill creek or simply mill creek, is a 9.0 km long stream, but also flows through the town of Prussian Oldendorf mainly by the East Westphalian city Luebbecke. He formed a longitudinal axis of the former municipality Blasheim, in which the farms and mills of the village are Mehner.

Course

The headwaters of the creek Mehner consists of two streams and is located in Wiehengebirge. The eastern brook springs near the summit of Bald waiting near the border to the municipality Hüllhorst, a western in an area which is called Gerliethe. Both source streams unite 300 meters south of the village Obermehnen. The Mehner creek flows generally north-northwest on through the Lübbecker Lößland, by the two eponymous places Obermehnen and Untermehnen, then Blasheim and Eikel and finally by the Hollwinkeler wood. With the entry into forest area called the stream leaves the Lübbecker city and flows for some 700 meters through the territory of the city of Prussian Oldendorf, then near the village Hedem to open into the Große Aue.

Others

Immediately southwest of the Hollwinkeler wood forms the stream to around 50 meters in length the border between Luebbecke and Prussian Oldendorf. The catchment area also includes a small part of the community Hüllhorst, since the area of ​​the headwaters of the boundary of local Hüllhorst and Luebbecke is located just north of the watershed.

The source of Mehner creek is located just 300 meters from the lie on the opposite side comb source of Rehmerloh - Mennighüffer mill creek.