Merzbach

History of Inde, worm and Untermerzbach

Crossing the Linnicher mill pond

The Untermerzbach is one of the shortest inlets of the Rur in the western Rhineland. It has a length of 28 km and a catchment area of ​​105.8 km ².

Course

It rises on Good Klösterchen ( Wuerselen ) when Propsteier Forest ( Eschweiler ) and forms its western boundary. It flows past Good Merzbrück ( Eschweiler ) and crosses St. Jöris and Kinzweiler. Because of the open pit of the future stream was diverted and now flows past Warden. He previously flowed through the abgebaggerten in the 1980s places Lürken, Laurenzberg and upper Merz. It then flows along the places Niedermerz, Aldenhoven angel village, Merzhausen, Welz and Linnich. Here the creek crosses the Linnicher mill pond and opens before the bridge of the B 57 in the Rur. In Koslar also opens the Hoengener flow in the Untermerzbach.

History

The name is of Germanic origin.

In December 1905, a Roman Appendix 5 m with hand millstones, a mortar and shards of Samian ware and Terra Nigra was found on Untermerzbach at Röhe ( Eschweiler ) on an area of ​​20 m ×.

The Untermerzbach marks the municipal boundary between Eschweiler and Wuerselen - Broichweiden.