Holy Spring
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| location | Hattingen , Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis , Ruhr area , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Ruhr → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | in Niederbonsfeld 51 ° 23 ′ 28 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 15 ″ E |
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| muzzle | from the left into the Ruhr Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '54 " N , 7 ° 8' 53" E 51 ° 23 '54 " N , 7 ° 8' 53" E
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| Right tributaries | Isenbergbach | |
The Holy Spring is a brook in Hattingen that flows into the Ruhr on the left . It rises in Niederbonsfeld , flows in a steep, wooded Siepen along the waterway to the east and joins the Isenbergbach (Isenberger Bach) just before it flows into the Ruhr downstream of the restaurant "Zum Deutschen" .
The water of the brook had the reputation of having healing powers, for example Heinrich Kämpchen in 1909 in his poem “The Holy Spring”.
- He was once holy to the ancients,
- The legend tells of this
- And magical through dedication
- For the frail and the wounded.
In its streambed lies a granite rock called Heidenstein .
Backwaters
- Isenbergbach (on the right)
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Kämchen: The holy spring. In: Heinrich Kämchen: What the Ruhr sang to me. Poems. 1908, pages 15-16
- ↑ Holy Spring In: megalithic.co.uk
- ↑ Dirk Sondermann: The holy spring. In: Hattinger saga book. 2007.
- ↑ Dirk Sondermann: The holy spring. In: legendhaftes-ruhrgebiet.de