Ehlbeck (Lopau)
| Ehlbeck | ||
 Headwaters of the Ehlbeck on the TrpÜbPl Munster Nord |
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| Data | ||
| location | Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Lopau → Luhe → Ilmenau → Elbe → North Sea | |
| source | Uhlenbusch near Rehrhof ( Rehlingen ) 53 ° 4 ′ 55 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 14 ″ E |
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| Source height | 79 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | At Bockum in the Lopau coordinates: 53 ° 5 ′ 31 ″ N , 10 ° 12 ′ 13 ″ E 53 ° 5 ′ 31 ″ N , 10 ° 12 ′ 13 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 54 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | 25 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2.8 ‰ | |
| length | 8.9 km | |
| Catchment area | 35 km² | |
| Communities | Rehlingen | |
The Ehlbeck is a river or Heidebach in the Lüneburg Heath in northeast Lower Saxony . It is a left tributary of the Lopau .
course
The Ehlbeck rises on the northern edge of the Munster-Nord military training area, in the Uhlenbusch forest west of the Rehrhof . In the headwaters, there are fish ponds that date back to the Middle Ages and are now largely silted up, from where it flows through the village of Ehlbeck , to which it gave its name. Rehrhof and Ehlbeck are districts of Rehlingen ( Lüneburg district ). The Ehlbeck flows into the Lopau on the left at Bockum (municipality of Rehlingen), which flows into the Luhe after a further course of about seven kilometers . With a total length of 8.9 kilometers, the Ehlbeck is the most important tributary of the Lopau, whose water flow it doubles at the confluence. Its above-ground catchment area of almost 35 square kilometers slightly exceeds that of the Lopau at its mouth.
Geology and water quality
The headwaters of the still largely natural Ehlbeck lies in a system of dry valleys with boggy beds, which is sunk into a sandy-gravelly terminal moraine ridge of the Hohe Heide , the main ridge of the Lüneburg Heath. The water of the upper reaches is colored brown by humic acids from the bog soil and has a pH value of only 4.7. The water quality in this area is qualified as moderately polluted . Below Ehlbeck, water quality and biodiversity increase significantly up to the confluence with the Lopau.
Prehistoric times
The catchment area of the Ehlbeck has been settled since the Neolithic Age, as documented by excavations of barrows with finds of flint daggers. The finds from the Bronze Age (1800–800 BC) include bronze brooches, neck, arm and leg rings and gold spirals.
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- ↑ Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management and Coastal Protection, Lüneburg and Stade offices: Water quality report ELBE 2000
- ↑ Monument panorama , LEADER + project of the “Kulturlandschaft Zentrale Lüneburg Heath” region with the participation of the Amelinghausen community: Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
