Trüggelbach

The Trüggelbach in Ummeln

The Trüggelbach is an orographic left tributary of the Lutter in Bielefeld in North Rhine -Westphalia. It has a length of 5.5 km.

River course

The Trüggelbach rises in the south part of the city of Bielefeld Brackwede. There, the water is produced as a source drain the pond, which is located near the Brackwerder ThyssenKrupp plant in a forest.

The flattening of the Teutoburg Forest following the Trüggelbach flows from the southwest direction, first by pulling the green area in the Brackwerder lake and then executes on the edge of designated nature reserve area over alder and birch breaking at the southwest box before the right side inflows Sunderbach and Tüterbach receives and then Ummeln turns. The village is happening in the south, here is the Trüggelbach forms the boundary of the settlement of gravity. Southwest of Ummeln the creek eventually empties after crossing of meadow land in the Lutter, which flows into the Ems. The body of water located throughout the whole course exclusively in the area of ​​brackish Neither the municipality, since this also Ummeln belongs to a district.

The Trüggelbach overcomes during its flow path a height difference of 35 meters, thus results in an average bed slope of 6.4 ‰.

Environment

The Trüggelbach is attributed in most of its course, the water quality class II and thus is considered as " moderately polluted " in the upper reaches close to the source as " critically loaded " (class II -III). Will affect the water quality, among other things due to the inflow of Sunderbaches or through its feed flu Bach, who is classified as " very dirty " below its water retention area as.

Etymology

The term " Trüggel " probably derives from the word " Trugloh ", ie a deceptive " Loh ". The forest -covered formerly a wide marshland and skirted to the right and left of the Trüggelbaches and was likely to commit only by local guide.