Bever (Ems)
| Bever | ||
 Weir of the Bever, double mill from Haus Langen |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | EN : 318 | |
| location | North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| River system | Ems | |
| origin | Confluence of the right Salzbach (4.3 km) and the left Süßbach (12.1 km) 52 ° 4 ′ 9 ″ N , 8 ° 3 ′ 20 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 68 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | At Haus Langen in the Ems coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 40 ″ N , 7 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ E 52 ° 0 ′ 40 ″ N , 7 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 43 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | approx. 25 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.63 ‰ | |
| length | 39.5 km (incl. 12.1 km of the Süssbach) | |
| Catchment area | 217.013 km² | |
The Bever is an orographically right tributary of the Ems in northern Münsterland .
course
It is created by the confluence of the 4.3 km long right Salzbach and the 12 km long left Sussbach east of Harkotten Castle near Füchtorf . The Bever then flows through the municipality north of Füchtorf and forms the border between North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony until it finally reaches the Vinnenberg monastery . It now flows along the Beverstrang, past the former Rengering monastery and through Ostbevern . Between Lütke Westhues and Schulze Osthoff, the Bever forms the border between East and West Bevern. The river runs through Westbevern and flows into the Ems behind Haus Langen . Tributary is the Frankenbach . The length of the river is 39.5 km (including Süssbach).
history
Along its course, the water of the Bever fills the moats of numerous castles, monasteries and (mansion) houses . The ponds dammed for the regulated water level served not only for defense but also for fish farming and the operation of water mills . The Bever was once considered the “hard-working river of the Münsterland” because it is rich in water and has a steep gradient: from the source to the mouth it falls by 25 meters. In Ostbevern alone the river falls by 4.5 meters. Watermills have been in operation on the Bever since ancient times. The storage rights were mostly in monasteries or nobility seats to rights, storage height and traffic jams were arguments. Five watermills were in operation until the 1960s.
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In the 1960s, in the course of amelioration and land consolidation , the Bever, like almost all rivers in the region, was straightened and canalized along the whole route and the differences in altitude were overcome by Sohlgleiten . In addition, the storage rights were bought up and the mill and storage operations were subsequently discontinued. In addition, the source streams, which previously joined the Bever at Harkotten Castle, were already merged around a kilometer above and the Bever was led in a wide arc around the castle. The water and soil association Warendorf-Nord, founded in 1974, is responsible . In the course of the Water Framework Directive , areas of the Ems are gradually being renatured, obstacles for migrating fish species removed and the course of the river lengthened by artificially created loops and meanders . After renaturation measures at Haus Langen and Ostbevern, a 1.5-hectare area near Vinnenberg Monastery was redesigned in 2018.
Name story
The river name probably also gave the noble family Bevern and the towns of Ostbevern and Westbevern their names. One hypothesis about the origin of the name is the Low German word for beaver , "Bever".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
- ↑ a b c Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW
- ↑ Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe: Gardens at the von Ketteler house, Sassenberg-Füchtorf in LWL-GeodatenKultur, accessed on September 10, 2018]
- ↑ Water and Soil Association Warendorf-Nord on Warendorf.de, accessed on September 10, 2018
- ↑ Water restoration on the Bever, NW 23 August 2018