Borbach (Ruhr)

Borbach
The Hammerteich at Hohenstein
Data
Water code	DE : 2769174
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	On Kermelberg 51 ° 25 '46 "  N , 7 ° 24' 37"  O
Source height	234  m above sea level NN
muzzle	At Hohenstein in the Mühlengraben of the ( Ruhr ) coordinates: 51 ° 25 '39 "  N , 7 ° 20' 45"  E 51 ° 25 '39 "  N , 7 ° 20' 45"  E
Mouth height	88  m above sea level NN
Height difference	146 m
Bottom slope	20 ‰
length	7.3 km
Catchment area	7.161 km²

The Borbach is a river that flows from the Schnee district to Witten and flows into the Ruhr from the right .

Surname

The Borbach used to be called Borbecke . There are still the two settlements of Kleine Borbach and Große Borbach . The Low German word Becke is feminine ( de or the Becke ). In a transition phase between Low German spoken in the Ardey Mountains and High German, a mixed form with female gender and the High German word form arose: the Borbach ; this is exactly how the stream is still called by many locals. This also explains the street and settlement names Grosse Borbach and Kleine Borbach, which have been preserved to this day . The purely High German and grammatically correct form of the Borbach has now established itself .

Geographical location

The Borbach rises in snow and soon flows into the alder pond. Then it flows through the Hasenhölzken and turns to the west towards the beechwood. Here he fed the artificially created three ponds in the beech wood recreation area until 2017 .

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  "Three ponds", Oberteich

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  "Three ponds", sub-pond

The Borbach then flows north past the Kleine Borbach settlement . Many of the houses were built in the 19th century by immigrant miners who bought land here in the Annener Mark for the construction of Kotten .

It then flows past the former Borbachtal colliery . Here the search for coal was pursued with moderate success under several names such as Schlagbaum, Gute Hoffnung V and Borbachtal . Then it takes up the Merensiepen and flows through the village of Große Borbach and crosses under the Kohlensiepen street .

The Borbachschlösschen, built in 1867, is in the immediate vicinity . The small country castle has a Gothic-looking large pointed arch, sandstone bay windows and Art Nouveau lead glazing as well as stucco ceilings in the historicist style inside .

Then it flows further in a westerly direction and flows around the Hohenstein located south of the creek . At the Krummen Dreh, he turns to the southwest in order to then reach the Hammerteich.

The pond was dammed in 1722 in order to serve as an energy source for the first hammer mill in Witten, owned by the manufacturer Peter Lange. Therefore the pond is called Hammerteich today.

After leaving the pond, the Borbach flows below the Wennemarsberg into the local mill ditch next to the Ruhr.

Backwaters

• Kermelbach
• Merensiepen

Web links

Commons : Borbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} German basic map 1: 5,000
2. ↑ ^{a b} Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )