Gelderner Fleuth

Gelderner Fleuth
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Water code	EN : 2864
location	Lower Rhine region , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Niers  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district	Meuse
source	As black cream on the Gastendonk (city of Kempen ) 51 ° 23 ′ 28 ″  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height	32  m above sea level NN
muzzle	In Geldern in the Niers coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 53 "  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 50"  E 51 ° 32 ′ 53 "  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 50"  E
Mouth height	22  m above sea level NN
Height difference	10 m
Bottom slope	0.37 ‰
length	26.7 km
Catchment area	173.366 km²
Medium-sized cities	Kempen , Geldern

The Gelderner Fleuth (pronounced "Flöth") is an approximately 27 kilometers long, non-navigable, right tributary of the Niers in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It rises in the town of An der Gastendonk, which belongs to the city of Kempen , flows first to the west and turns east of Wachtendonk to the north to flow into the Niers at the eponymous town of Geldern .

At Voesch it flows together with the Kendel , and west of the Kerken district of Nieukerk, the Landwehrbach flows from the right into the Gelderner Fleuth, which is called Flöthbach in its upper reaches and Leygraaf at its mouth . The catchment area is around 170 km² and lies between Krefeld , Kempen, Issum and Geldern.

The Flöthbach

Landwehrbach
Flöthbach in Hülser Bruch in Krefeld
Data
Water code	DE : 28644
location	Lower Rhine region , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Gelderner Fleuth → Niers  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
source	as Flöthbach at Krefeld -Kliedbruch 51 ° 21 '14 "  N , 6 ° 33' 17"  O
muzzle	as Leygraaf near Kerken- Nieukerk in the Geldern Fleuth 51 ° 27 ′ 29 ″  N , 6 ° 20 ′ 37 ″  E
Big cities	Krefeld
Communities	Dungeons

The Landwehrbach (according to the Landwehr water station map ) rises as Flöthbach in the Kliedbruch (City of Krefeld), in the area of ​​the Kühnen pond. Up until around 1950 there were spring outlets on the bottom of the pond. From an overflow, water was released into the Flöthbach, which bears this name in Krefeld. Due to the lowering of the groundwater level, the Flöth, as the stream is popularly known, only carries water in the area of ​​the city of Krefeld during periods of the year with high rainfall. From the source, the Flöth flows in a westerly direction through the Hülser and Orbroicher break on the southwest side of the Schaphuysener heights to unite with the Gelderner Fleuth at Nieukerk.

The black cream

The creek called Gelderner Fleuth on the water station map originates in the rift system of the Gastendonk cultural monument in Kempen. The topographical maps here still call the stream Black Cream. After a few meters, the Fliethgraben joins from the left, which connects the stream with the Flöthbach. The Schwarze Rahm flows west and south past a lake, then picks up the Uhlesrahm flowing towards the left, bends north, flows west past the lake and then takes on a nameless stream from the right, turning again to the west; here the river code changes from 28641 to 28643. Then the Schwarze Rahm turns in an arc to the north and changes its name to Spring in the Eyller Bruch . Only after the confluence with the Landwehrbach (Leygraaf) is it also referred to as Gelderner Fleuth in the topographic maps.

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1. ↑ ^{a b} German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW
3. ^ Kronsbein, S. (1991): Sources on the lower left Lower Rhine - a natural and cultural historical contribution - Nature and landscape on the Lower Rhine, Niederrh. Regional Studies X, 349-429; Krefeld