Strothbach

The Strothbach north of transmit

The Strothbach is an orographic left tributary of the Dalke in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany. It has a length of 5.0 km.

River course

The Strothbach rises in 133 meters in the north of the Bielefeld district Dalbke. The actual source is no longer performed today open as the water was verdolt after the emergence of a new housing estate on the first few meters of its flow path. Therefore, the Strothbach occurs on the northern edge of the newly formed settlement of a tube -a-days and the flattening of the Teutoburg Forest flows following from the southwest direction.

The Strothbach then performs on the north Dalbker industrial area over and passed the nearly 2.6 -acre nature reserve oak-beech forest Strothbach. This is a natural deciduous forest with old wood stocks, which was recognized because of its importance for baumhöhlenbewohnende species in 1993 as a protected area.

Then the water first passes under the federal highway 33, about then enters the city limits of Schloss Holte -Stukenbrock and proceeds from here by landscaped park embossed surfaces. North of transmission over the Strothbach occurs again in a few meters, the Bielefeld city limits and then finally arrives in the city of Verl far from Verls northernmost point opens the creek on the left into the Dalke.

The waters overcomes during its flow path a height difference of 32 meters, thus results in an average bed slope of 6.5 ‰.

Environment

The Strothbach is attributed to Bielefeld urban area of ​​the water quality class II during its course, and thus applies there as " moderately polluted ". From the crossing in the district of Gütersloh, however, the grade II-III and thus a critical load is considered.

Etymology

The frequent in the region labeled " Stroth " refers to a formerly existing marshy lowlands, which was drained in the course of human occupation and turned into a green Landaue.