Beek (Hamme)
| Beek | ||
 The Beek in the Hamme river system |
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| Data | ||
| location | Lower Saxony | |
| River system | Weser | |
| Drain over | Hamme → Lesum → Weser → North Sea | |
| source | near Bornzeile, municipality Vollersode | |
| Source height | 7 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | west of Worpswede in the Hamme Coordinates: 53 ° 13 '20 " N , 8 ° 52' 27" E 53 ° 13 '20 " N , 8 ° 52' 27" E |
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| Mouth height | 1.4 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | 5.6 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.51 ‰ | |
| length | 10.9 km | |
| Flowing lakes | Broad water | |
| Communities | Born range, Verlüßmoor | |
| Navigable | 5.4 km passable by canoe, from Bargschütt to the mouth | |
The Beek is a right tributary of the Hamme in the Teufelsmoor in Lower Saxony with a very light current and flows between Melchers Hütte and Neu Helgoland . The source of the main inflow is in Bornzeile in the municipality of Vollersode at a height of 7 m above sea level. NN . From there, the Beek flows through the village of Verlüßmoor and only becomes accessible for canoes at the road bridge of the L153 in the village of Teufelsmoor, as a bird nature reserve was set up beforehand from 2017, which is now prohibited all year round. At the bridge of the L153, the Beek is 1.4 m above sea level. NN .
The last two kilometers of the Beek - from the broad water nature park to the mouth - are the last near-natural river course of the Hammeniederung; wide bulges distinguish the Beek from other straightened rivers.
The area is very suitable for bird watching: herons and lapwing are not uncommon, but cranes , curlews and other rare species can also be found here. From Bargschütt (about 5.4 km before the estuary) you can take walks in the nature reserve Peat Canal and Randmoore .
Information on the ecology of the river can be obtained from the Osterholz Biological Station (BIOS) in Osterholz-Scharmbeck . It is closed to water sports enthusiasts and water hikers from October 16 to April 30, as the Beek is a popular winter resting place for migratory birds . The broad water nature reserve is closed all year round.
literature
- Wendula Dahle (Ed.): In the land of moors and dykes. Excursions left and right of the Weser. A travel and reading book. Edition Temmen , 5th edition 2005, ISBN 3-86108-466-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Beek. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Biological station Osterholz-Scharmbeck