Ash Siepen

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Ash Siepen
Data
Water code DE : 27363956
location Wuppertal
River system Rhine
Drain over Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source At the Marscheider Berg in the Wuppertal forest area of the same name
51 ° 14 ′ 55 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height 255  m above sea level NN
muzzle In Wuppertal- Laaken in the Wupper coordinates: 51 ° 15 '14 "  N , 7 ° 14' 17"  E 51 ° 15 '14 "  N , 7 ° 14' 17"  E
Mouth height 177  m above sea level NN
Height difference 78 m
Bottom slope 11%
length 684 m
Big cities Wuppertal

The Eschensiepen is a left tributary of the Wupper in the Langerfeld-Beyenburg district of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Wuppertal .

Location and topography

The Eschensiepen rises at 266 meters above sea level. NN on Marscheider Berg in the Marscheider Forest in the residential district of Herbringhausen and flows through a deep Kerbtal in a northerly direction. After a tributary on the left, it reaches the district of Laaken , which it passes under. It joins after about 700 meters at 177 meters above sea level. NN the Wupper .

history

The Barmer line of the Bergische Landwehr crossed the Eschensiepen near Laakens in the late Middle Ages and modern times.

Individual evidence

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