Stackenberger Bach

Berger stack stream prior to entering the pond

The pond of the stack Berger Bach

The transition of the brook to the pond

The stack Berger Bach is a 2.025 km long river in the district of Wuppertal and the municipality Vohwinkel. The creek, a tributary of the river Wupper, is also the namesake for streets named stack mountain road and old stack mountain.

Etymology

Stack mountain is an ancient place name, in 1100 as " Stakelenberg " and in 1250 mentioned as " de Stakelberg ". In 1409 he became a noble residence and mentioned in 1453 in a Lehnsbrief as a farm. The name is interpreted as a reference to a stick = tree stump, according to another interpretation on Punting ( = bars ). More likely is related to a person name " Stakilo ".

Topography

The creek originates in around 252 meters above sea level in a densely built area, near the memorial grove road, south of the city of Wuppertal part Vohwinkel. It flows piped initially in a northwesterly direction and approximately 180 meters to its source, he passes under the federal motorway 46 (A 46). After crossing under it flows further piped west of the Protestant cemetery memorial grove road in a northerly direction.

After about 530 meters, it comes in a small, tree-lined river valley between the cemetery and a field -days. After another 330 meters, forming a small pond in a green area near a indoor swimming pool. Then he runs piped on and follows the course of the memorial grove road, later the stack mountain road.

Under the stack mountain road, at the junction with Blucher Street, located 1200 meters used for the source of piped the flow direction and the stream is directed below the Blücherstraße east until the Haeselerstraße is reached, only to be directed in a northeasterly direction. At the Buchenhofener road, near the monorail station Hammerstein, the stack Berger Bach united in around 149 meters above zero with the Rottscheider Bach and Bach Rottscheider as it flows around 100 meters further into the Wupper.

History

The road Stack mountain (meaning here Old Stack Mountain ) is first listed in the Address Book 1928/29, the road Old Stack mountain gets its name on November 11, 1987. The stack mountain road got its name on March 8, 1900 was called between June 18, 1919 and 1935 Hunter Road.

Good stack Berg was awarded with a partition of an estate in 1598 Hermann von Hammerstein, a member of manor Hammerstein.

The farm was demolished in the second half of 1973, contrary to the original plan remained the pond with its old trees preserved.