Tüterbach

The Tüterbach north of Ummeln

The Tüterbach is a 2.8 km-long orographic right tributaries of Trüggelbaches in Bielefeld in North Rhine -Westphalia.

River course

The Tüterbach springs southwest of Bielefeld district Brackwede in the area of the western termination of the East Westphalia dam and the flattening of the Teutoburg Forest flows following from the southwest direction. The water passes through mostly parkland with arable land, grasslands and small patches of forest, larger settlement areas will not happen. East of Ummeln opens the Tüterbach then the right side in the Trüggelbach. The waters thus located throughout the whole course exclusively in the area of ​​brackish Neither municipality.

The Tüterbach overcomes during its flow path a height difference of 12 meters, thus results in an average bed slope of 4.3 ‰.

Water quality

The water quality of Tüterbaches is located, according to the water quality report from 2008, largely in a moderately loaded state (class II ), however, applies in the upper reaches of the grade II-III and thus a critical load.

Etymology

At the word " Tütern " is a common name in Ummelner space corridor for an impenetrable thicket.