Morsbach (Wupper)
Mouth of Morsbach into the Wupper in Müngsten
The Morsbach is a good 15 km long river in the west of Remscheid. He passed on his way, among others, the Federal Highway 1, is in the lower reaches the outskirts of Wuppertal and flows Müngsten into the Wupper. His numerous settled on him hammer mills and grinding cottas are of high importance for regional industrial history.
Definition of source inflows
There are several definitions, which is the source of streams in the upper reaches of the river system the main source inflow and should be clearly identified as Morsbach from which point the Morsbach. Also, different official maps have in this regard to no consistency.
Responsible Water Board for water in the catchment area of the river Wupper is the Wupperverband. This defines the source of Morsbach in Hofschaft Endringhausen between Remscheid- Lennep Lüttringhausen and at 51 ° 11 '48 " N, 7 ° 14' 51" O51.1966666666677.2475. This stream was loud older versions of the digital topographic map ( DTK10 ) 1:10,000 of the former State Survey Agency of North Rhine -Westphalia and the German base map ( DGK5 ) 1:5.000 the name Endringhauser Bach. On newer cards stands, however, this source inflow is run as Morsbach, so that this definition has to be regarded as enforced.
According to older versions of the German base map ( DGK5 ) 1:5000 Endringhauser of Bach with the Diepmannsbach begins at the confluence of Morsbach only in the homonymous district of Remscheid at 51 ° 11 '10 " N, 7 ° 15' 5" O51.1861727.251489.
In parts of the literature, however, the entire upper reaches of Morsbach to Remscheid Town Hadde Bach is called Diepmannsbach, who still receives many more inflows next to the Endringhauser Bach and only at Hadde stream with the Leyerbach to Morsbach combines (51 ° 11 ' 55 "N, 7 ° 11 ' 38 " O51.1986944444447.1939722222222 ).
In Wuppertal - Ronsdorf also the Leyerbach is isolated (also called Ronsdorfer Bach ) seen as Morsbach. A restaurant near the source of Leyerbachs at 51 ° 13 ' 54 "N, 7 ° 11' 58 " O51.2316666666677.1994444444444 therefore bears the name Morsbach source. The highest source is, however, below the industrial area Ueberfeld in Remscheid- Hohenhagen and is called Over Felderbach.
Outcome
Inflows are springing in the center of Wuppertal- Ronsdorf Leyerbach with the Kottsiepen that. Hadde in Bach, and the Gelpe which opens at Clemens hammer in the Morsbach Furthermore, the Schoepp Berger Bach, the Fürberger Bach, the Bach Sieper, arising with the Wuppertal- Cronenberg waters Rhine river and small hammer Bach and the Bach hall Scheider belong. The Klausener Bach and the Farrenbrackener Siepen flow directly into the Leyerbach. Mügge stream with Teufelsbach lead in the Hofschaft Nüdelshalbach in Morsbach. Above Nüdelshalbach added flow: Diepmannsbach, Bärensiefen, Buscher Hofer Bach and Bach Lüttringhauser.
Mouth
Just before the confluence with the River Wupper the Morsbach was dammed to form a small reservoir, which no longer exists today. The reservoir was one of the attractions of the trip destination Müngsten. As part of the Regional was established in 2006 on the now buried reservoir in the central car park of Müngstener Bridge Park.
The mouth of the Morsbach is the deepest point in the city of Wuppertal.
The Morsbach is from the 42 streams that flow into the interior of the great quadrangle of the Wupper river Wupper the longest and richest. For centuries, he drove to numerous hammers and grinding cotta. At its peak, he sat on a length of nine kilometers ( Clare Bach to Müngsten ) 40 grinding cotta and 42 hammers in motion. With its tributary streams he stood with 176 engines - including 67 -cotta grinding and hammering 90 - first in the hydropower plants of the Bergische Land. Was made possible by the intensive use of the strong gradient of 1:100. Only in this way could the individual works - lined up close to each other closely - use water power.
Water quality
The water of Morsbach dismissed in 2002, according to the water - quality class - map of the city of Remscheid in Class II.