Eastern Wupperengal

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Eastern Wupperengal
Wupper between Oedeschlenke and Neuland
Wupper between Oedeschlenke and Neuland
Systematics according to Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Greater region 1st order Low mountain range threshold
Greater region 2nd order Rhenish Slate Mountains
Main unit group 33 →
Süderbergland
About main unit 338 →
Bergische plateaus
4th order region
(main unit)		 338.1 →
Bergisch-Märkische plateaus
Natural space 338.11 →
Eastern Wupperengal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 14 ″  E Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 14 ″  E
Eastern Wupperengal (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Eastern Wupperengal
Location Eastern Wupperengal
local community Hückeswagen , Radevormwald , Remscheid , Wuppertal , Ennepetal , Schwelm
state North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany

The eastern Wupperengal is a natural spatial unit with the number 338.11 and belongs to the higher-level natural area 338.1 ( Bergisch-Märkische plateau ).

According to the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany, the eastern Wuppereng valley comprises the narrow valley of the Wupper between Hückeswagen at an altitude of 250 m and Wuppertal - Oberbarmen at an altitude of 170 m. The river, which runs in a south-north direction, causes a slope across the mountains of the Southern Uplands, which stretches from west-south-west to east-north-east .

The slopes to the river are steep, shallow and forested throughout. In the southern area between Hückeswagen and Krebsöge , the Wupper was dammed up to form the Wuppertalsperre , followed by the Radevormwald Wupper villages with their long history of textile industry.

From here, a continuous valley road and the disused Wuppertal Railway follow the course of the river, which has two further impoundments within the natural area with the Dahlhausen reservoir and the Beyenburger reservoir . Between Wuppertal- Beyenburg and Oberbarmen the buildings and large factories for the paper, textile and chemical industries ( Erfurt and Sohn , Vorwerk , JP Bemberg / Enka Glanzstoff AG ) dominate the valley floor.

Places in the natural area (following the course of the river)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany: Sheet 108/109: Düsseldorf / Erkelenz (Karlheinz Paffen, Adolf Schüttler, Heinrich Müller-Miny) 1963; 55 p. And digital version of the corresponding map (PDF; 7.4 MB)