Wimberbach

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The Wimberbach (underflow: mill creek ) is a 8.259 km long, orographic left tributary of the Ruhr in North Rhine-Westphalia Wickede ( Ruhr). The creek rises at the mountain goats bush northwest of Oesbern at an altitude of 260 m above sea level. NN and flows in a northerly direction through the district Wickeder Wimbern to Wickede to 132 m above sea level. NN in the Ruhr.

The river section Name approximately 1 km upstream of the mouth in the Ruhr to mill creek names, so that this then leads to the topographical maps of the Wimberbach in the mill creek and into the Ruhr. In the waters directories NRW is managed as a water main name Wimberbach to the mouth of the Ruhr.

The creek overcomes on his way a height difference of 128 m, which corresponds to a barrel length of 8.259 kilometers an average bed slope of 15.5 ‰. The creek drains across the Ruhr and the Rhine to the North Sea.

During the space closure of the A46 motorway between Hemer and Neheim provided for the year 2023, to be built over the river about a 300 meter-long bridge.

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Wimberbaches are in the order of directory waters of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection of NRW Oesber Bach, the Jordan which Stakelberger Bach and the Silpkesiepen.

Nature and Environment

The Wimberbach is over long distances in the nature reserve Wimberner Bach.