Eschbach (Sülz)
| Eschbach | ||
 The Eschbach near Mitteleschbach |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 27288912 | |
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Bergische plateaus
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| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Sülz → Agger → Sieg → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | from several small spring rivulets 50 ° 57 ′ 30 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 37 ″ E |
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| Source height | 152 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | in Untereschbach in the Sülz coordinates: 50 ° 56 '46 " N , 7 ° 13' 7" E 50 ° 56 '46 " N , 7 ° 13' 7" E |
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| Mouth height | 94 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | 58 m | |
| Bottom slope | 23 ‰ | |
| length | 2.5 km | |
| Big cities | Bergisch Gladbach | |
| Small towns | Overath | |
The Eschbach flows through the valley of the same name near Bergisch Gladbach over a length of approx. 2 km and flows into the Sülz . The Eschbach has the water number 272.88.911.
history
The source area of the Eschbach lies in the vicinity of the Weiß pit . The path along the stream, the former federal road 55 , connected the places Bensberg and Overath with each other around 1800 . Here the Eschbach flows through the villages of Obereschbach and Mitteleschbach . In Untereschbach , the Eschbacher mill was powered by the water of the Eschbach.
Catchment area
The catchment area of the Eschbach borders
- in the east to that of the Oberaueler Bach ,
- in the north to that of the Milchbornbach ,
- in the northwest to that of the Saaler Mühlenbach ,
- in the west to that of the Böttcherbach , the Wahlbach and another nameless tributary of the Flehbach ,
- in the south to the Sülz and an unnamed tributary of the Sülz.
Mining
To the north-east of Obereschbach, the site of the Weiß mine extends with several clarification ponds that extend to the south-west as far as the road that leads to Untereschbach. On the night of August 15-16, 1932, the dam of the lower clarification pond broke. The building yard of the city of Bergisch Gladbach is located here today. A devastating catastrophe made its way through the Eschbachtal at midnight. A terrible rumble "like thunder" accompanied the mud masses on their way down the valley. Buildings were damaged or destroyed. Cows, pigs, chickens and other domestic animals suffocated in the flood of mud. Valuable arable and meadow land was made unusable for decades, so that the dire consequences are still visible today.
An analysis from 2012 ( significant sources of pollution from ore mining and possible measures within the framework of the NRW management planning ) still shows massive contamination with cadmium, nickel, zinc, cobalt and silver, which also pollutes the Sülz .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ewald Glässer: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 122/123 Cologne / Aachen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1978. → Online map (PDF; 8.7 MB)
- ↑ a b c Specialized information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( notes )
- ^ LAWA: Area designation and list of waters in North Rhine-Westphalia . Ed .: LAWA Düsseldorf.
- ↑ Herbert Stahl , Der Dammbruch on August 16, 1932, in: Das Erbe des Erzes - Die Grube Weiß . Bergisch Gladbach 2003, pp. 75 ff. ISBN 3-00-011243-X
Web links
- Pictures from the dam breach in 1932 accessed on July 9, 2014
- Images from the Eschbacher Mühle accessed on July 9, 2014