Blenhorster Bach

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Blenhorster Bach
Watermill at Blenhorster Bach

Watermill at Blenhorster Bach

Data
location Balge municipality , Nienburg district , Lower Saxony , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Weser  → North Sea
source southwest of Bötenberg
52 ° 40 ′ 53 ″  N , 9 ° 5 ′ 24 ″  E
Source height 73  m above sea level NN
muzzle at Sebbenhausen in the lock canal Coordinates: 52 ° 43 '53 "  N , 9 ° 11' 35"  E 52 ° 43 '53 "  N , 9 ° 11' 35"  E
Mouth height 20  m
Height difference 53 m
Bottom slope about 4.1 ‰
length about 13 km
Left tributaries Kreuzbach, Wurmgraben

The Blenhorster Bach is an approximately 13 km long left tributary of the Weser . It flows exclusively in the area of ​​the Lower Saxony district of Nienburg and there largely in the municipality of Balge .

The Blenhorst watermill, built in 1769, is located on the road from Wietzen to Buchhorst at the Blenhorster Bach. It served as a sawmill and a grinding mill and has two water wheels, one under and one overshot.

course

The Blenhorster Bach rises southwest of Bötenberg , west of the B 6 . From there it flows in a north-easterly direction through Möhlenhalenbeck and Blenhorst . There he takes up the Kreuzbach and then the worm ditch . It flows through Sebbenhausen and flows into the lock canal on the eastern outskirts of Sebbenhausen . This flows into the Weser about 200 m further north.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Mühlenstrasse working group in the Mühlenvereinigung Niedersachsen-Bremen eV: Wassermühle Blenhorst