Holzer Bach (Wupper)

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Holzer Bach
The confluence of the Holzer Bach in the Wupper

The confluence of the Holzer Bach in the Wupper

Data
Water code DE : 27365136
location Wuppertal , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Near the Bergische University in Wuppertal
51 ° 14 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 9 ″  E
Source height 215  m above sea level NN
muzzle In Wuppertal- Elberfeld in the Wupper coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 47 ″  E 51 ° 15 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 47 ″  E
Mouth height 143  m above sea level NN
Height difference 72 m
Bottom slope 63 ‰
length 1.1 km
Catchment area 61,016.4 ha
Big cities Wuppertal

The Holzer Bach is a left tributary of the Wupper in the Elberfeld district of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Wuppertal .

Location and topography

The Holzer Bach rises at 226 meters above sea level. NN east of the Bergische Universität in an allotment garden in the residential area of Grifflenberg . Shortly after the source, it is dammed in a small pond and disappears in a dole. Below Holzer Strasse , Querstrasse and Unterer Grifflenberg , it flows northwards past the Christ Church , crosses under the Düsseldorf – Elberfeld railway line to the west of Wuppertal Central Station and ends after about 1.1 kilometers at 141 meters above sea level. NN. on the banks of Iceland opposite the Mirker Bach in the Wupper .

Almost in its entire course the stream flows underground in an artificial hollow .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. Topographic map 1: 25,000
  3. a b River Area Geoinformation System of the Wupper Association (FluGGS Wupper)

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