Holy Pütz
| Holy Pütz | |
|---|---|
 Saint Pütz at Drove |
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| location | |
| Country or region | District of Düren ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 43 ′ 18 ″ N , 6 ° 31 ′ 25 ″ E |
| Hydrology | |
| River system | Rhine |
| Receiving waters | Thumbach → Drover Bach → Mühlenteich → Rur → Maas → Hollands Diep → North Sea |
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 18 ″ N , 6 ° 31 ′ 25 ″ E
The Heilige Pütz (also Helje Pötz ) is a spring basin in the forest near Drove ( Kreuzau ) below the slope of the Drover Heide in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Düren .
The name "holy" is derived from "hill", "Pütz" is the name for a spring.
The source drains into the Thumbach , also called Heiligenbach. The spring basin together with the Drover-Berg-Tunnel is a nationally important soil monument of the Kreuzau- Drove community. The Romans took hold of the spring and raised the edge, which is still clearly visible today. From here the water was led through the tunnel to a Roman villa rustica near Soller . Today the spring socket is pierced so that the water can drain away.
The spring produces around 480 m³ of water a day, which emerges from a geological fault line at the end of a floe that has tilted to the northeast.