Brandbach (Else)

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Brandbach
(Bolldammbach)
The Brandbach shortly before its confluence with the Else in Südlengern

The Brandbach shortly before its confluence with the Else in Südlengern

Data
Water code EN : 4668
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Else  → Werre  → Weser  → North Sea
source At Pödinghausen
52 ° 7 ′ 10 ″  N , 8 ° 31 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height approx.  120  m above sea level NHN
muzzle For Südlengern in the Else coordinates: 52 ° 11 '54 "  N , 8 ° 38' 5"  E 52 ° 11 '54 "  N , 8 ° 38' 5"  E
Mouth height approx.  58  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 62 m
Bottom slope approx. 5 ‰
length 12.5 km
Catchment area 37.6 km²
Left tributaries Baringer Bach , Bruchgraben
Right tributaries Eilshauser Bach , Mühlenbach
Medium-sized cities Tighter , frets
Communities Kirchlengern , Hiddenhausen

The Brandbach (in Enger also Bolldammbach ) is a right tributary of the Else in the northeast of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The water has a total length of 12.5 km. The catchment area extends over parts of five communities in the Herford district. The water rises near Pödinghausen on the city limits of Spenge - Lenzinghausen and flows into the Else near Südlengern (river kilometer 4). In Hiddenhausen the brook feeds the flood ditch of Gut Bustedt at kilometer 4. At kilometer 1.5 the brook crosses the federal motorway 30 . The Bolldammbach, which flows through the center of Engers, overflows its banks when it rains heavily and floods the Enger Bruch nature reserve .

The water flows through the following communities on its way from the source to the mouth:

On its way, the water includes the following waters when viewed downstream:

(L / R; KM): Left right inflow, at river kilometers, mouth at KM 0)

environment

Cattle on the Brandbach near the Bustedt estate

The stream touches or flows through three nature reserves on its way:

  • The 20 hectare Bustedter Holz nature reserve is located in the Bünder district of Bustedt and borders the Bustedter Wiesen nature reserve. It is primarily a near-natural beech forest that is protected, but also other tree species. In the densely populated Herford district, the area is one of the few large forests.
  • The Bustedter Wiesen nature reserve is located in a wide valley basin of the Brandbach between Bünde and Hiddenhausen. The area is also a flood retention basin. The wet meadow biotopes in the Bachtal and flora and fauna in the adjacent ponds are particularly worthy of protection. The Biology Center of Gut Bustedt borders on the area, which in turn is included in the concept of the center. The area is 82.3 hectares in total and consists of 57.5 hectares of nature reserve and an area of ​​around 25 hectares that is used by the biology center.
  • The Enger Bruch is located near Enger and Pödinghausen on the Bolldammbach and has a size of 55 hectares, of which around half are owned by the state. Large areas of the lowland area and its green spaces are often flooded. The fauna worthy of protection relates to the large sedge reeds that can be found , field trees, fat meadows and pastures, small bodies of water, tall herbaceous meadows, ditches, reed areas and hedge areas. The grassland areas provide a valuable habitat for numerous meadow and wading birds, amphibians, dragonflies and butterflies. The break is of outstanding importance for the bird world in the Ravensberger Land.


See also

Web links

Commons : Brandbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d GeoServer NRW, State Office for Data Processing and Statistics NRW
  2. ^ "Enger Bruch" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on March 10, 2017.