Burgholzbach

Burgholzbach
The Burgholzbach near the Schwabhausen ponds
Data
Water code	DE : 273652
location	Wuppertal
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	In Wuppertal- Küllenhahn 51 ° 13 '25 "  N , 7 ° 8' 47"  E
Source height	279  m above sea level NN
muzzle	At the Kremershammer coordinates: 51 ° 12 '40 "  N , 7 ° 6' 29"  E 51 ° 12 '40 "  N , 7 ° 6' 29"  E
Mouth height	119  m above sea level NN
Height difference	160 m
Bottom slope	48 ‰
length	3.4 km
Catchment area	4.826 km²

The Burgholzbach is a 3.335 kilometer long tributary of the Wupper in the Burgholz state forest in the Wuppertal district of Cronenberg . An earlier name is Diepenbach .

Location and description

With its deep valley, the Burgholzbach shapes the core area of ​​the Burgholz. It rises at 284 m above sea level. NN near the Neuenhof outdoor pool in the Cronenberg district of Küllenhahn , flows westward past the Burggrafenberg and flows after 3.335 km at 120 m above sea level. NN in the Wupper. The outdoor pool is supplied with heat from the nearby Wuppertal waste incineration plant so that it can be used all year round.

At the Burgholzbach there are reservoirs that held water to drive hammer mills and grinding docks from the early industrial era. The Nöllenhammer , which also housed the Cronenberg waterworks , consisting of five wells and a pumping station , was still preserved until 2009 . From the Kremershammer, founded in 1607 shortly before the mouth of the Burgholzbach brook into the Wupper, only the foundation walls are preserved. From the Bremershammer , the Plätzershammer , the Evertshammer and the Nöllenkotten , however, there are hardly any traces to be found. In total there were four hammer mills and two grinding docks on the stream .

On a mountain spur between the brook and the Wupper was the early medieval ring wall system Burggraben .

Foundation walls of the Kremershammer

The Nöllenhammer on Burgholzbach

Web links

Commons : Burgholzbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ ^{a b} River Area Geoinformation System of the Wupper Association (FluGGS Wupper)