Eschbach (Wupper)

Eschbach
Eschbach about 100 m before the confluence with the Wupper
Data
Water code	DE : 273672
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	At Bergisch Born 51 ° 9 ′ 37 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 45 ″  E
Source height	approx.  320  m above sea level NN
muzzle	In Solingen-Burg in the Wupper Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 15 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 52 ″  E 51 ° 8 ′ 15 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 52 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  96  m above sea level NN
Height difference	approx. 224 m
Bottom slope	approx. 19 ‰
length	12 km
Catchment area	33.257 km²
Reservoirs flowed through	Eschbach dam

The Eschbach is a left-hand brook of the Wupper in Remscheid . It flows through the Eschbachtal and is dammed in the Eschbachtalsperre .

course

The Eschbach rises in the urban area of ​​Remscheid near Bergisch Born , forms the city boundary with Wermelskirchen in the south from the Eschbachtalsperre to just before Solingen-Burg and flows into the Wupper in Solingen-Burg.

history

Reservoir and parts of the former hammer mill Zurmühle

The Eschbach in the south of Remscheid is only 12 km long from its sources to the confluence with the Wupper. With its abundance of water, a high volume of drinking water and a difference in altitude of 240 m, it was one of the most frequented creeks in Remscheid in the 16th and 17th centuries for hydropower plants. From the Mebusmühle to the confluence of the Lobach there were still 13 hammer mills and grinding docks on a 6 km stretch until the beginning of the 20th century. Only a few of these “industrial locations” continue to operate today. Numerous semi or total devastation have survived, which still tell a story of Remscheid's iron industry today. The relics preserved in the landscape also point to the respective technical developments of the hammer mill or Schleifkottens.Since 2019, a deepening of the Eschbach has been carried out, which should be completed by spring 2020.

See also

• Töckelhausener Bachtal nature reserve

literature

• Alfred Lauer: The Eschbach JF Ziegler KG, Remscheid 1990, ISBN 3-923495-21-8

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Topographic map 1: 25,000
2. ↑ ^{a b} Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW
3. ↑ Hückeswagen: Large water supplies in the dams , rp-online.de , February 12, 2018
4. ↑ Unterburg: construction work goes into the next round , Solingen Magazin, June 21, 2019