Itter (Rhine)

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Itter
Haan Itter 001.jpg
Data
Water code EN : 2738
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine  → North Sea
source North of Solingen- Gräfrath
51 ° 12 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 33 ″  E
Source height 244  m above sea level NHN
muzzle In Benrath in the Rhine Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 18 ″  N , 6 ° 51 ′ 36 ″  E 51 ° 9 ′ 18 ″  N , 6 ° 51 ′ 36 ″  E
Mouth height 38  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 206 m
Bottom slope 10 ‰
length 20.1 km
Catchment area 36.245 km²
Big cities Düsseldorf , Solingen
Medium-sized cities Haan , Hilden

The Itter (also called Itterbach ) is a right or eastern tributary of the Rhine in the Bergisches Land in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). Its name probably comes from the Latin- Indo-European, because itera means "the water from the height".

Emergence

The front Bergisches Land is often hit by heavy and long-lasting downpours, because this hilly, mountainous area in northwest Germany has the first higher elevations south of the North Sea . The clouds coming from the sea often rain down here. Therefore, many streams from the Bergisches Land flow towards the Rhine.

Source, stream, mouth

The stream has its source in the Bergisches Land. The so-called “Holy Born” near the Grünewald house or the Bandesmühle in Solingen - Gräfrath is interpreted as its source . From here on, the Itter flows through the Ittertal with its amusement park of the same name (including a carousel from 1920) in a westerly direction.

Numerous watermills, Kotten and hammer mills accompany the Itter in this valley cut (Neuenkotten, Bastianskotten, Ernenkotten, the Breidenmühle, the Heidberger Mühle and the Bruchermühle). The Itter also forms the border between Solingen and Haan . The Ittertal is followed by Caspersbroich Castle and the railway embankment on the Cologne - Wuppertal line , before the Itterbach now penetrates the less hilly Hildener Heide. After the Itter has flowed through the town of Hilden , the Horster volumes are rinsed with the Horster mill. The stream, which has been strongly straightened from Hilden, now reaches Benrath , where it supplies the ponds and ponds of the famous Benrath Castle with water, before it flows underground into the Rhine south-west of the castle park from the east. A small part of the park branches off to the left and south-southwest and flows over the Urdenbacher Dorfanger as the so-called Alte Itter to the Urdenbacher Altrhein .

Until the construction of Benrath Palace (1756-1768) of Ittersbach took another river, it flowed through the town Benrath, then towards Holthausen , Schloss Elbroich (here, the moat was fed), and on to the same village Itter to arrive where it flowed into the Rhine until 1756 .

The valley of the Itter is placed under nature protection in Haan.

From the source to the mouth, the Itter, with its current confluence with the Rhine near Urdenbach, is 20 km long.

Tributaries

In the following the tributaries of the Itter from the source to the mouth are named. The rivers that are listed by name on the German basic map are listed.

Surname Stat.
in km

location Length
in km 		Mouth height
in m above sea level NHN 		GKZ
Heider Bach 19,159 Left 1.0 204 2738 112
Pißbach 18.355 right 0.6 190  
Bandesmühler Bach 18.308 Left 0.2 186  
Boltenfelder Bach 18,068 Left 0.1 178  
Nümmener Bach 16.789 Left 3.3 151 2738 12
Holzer Bach 16,399 right 1.8 150 2738 132
Bastiansbach 14,499 right 0.6 126  
Heidberger Bach 14.043 right 0.3 110  
Haaner Bach 13.948 right 2.3 109 2738 14
Krausener Bach 13,933 Left 0.8 109 2738 16
Horster Bach 12,841 right 0.5 95  
Baverter Bach 12,452 Left 1.4 91 2738 172
Brucher Bach 11.637 right 1.0 83 2738 174
Thienhauser Bach 11.260 right 2.1 79 2738 18
Lochbach 10.912 Left 7.9 76 2738 2
Pütter Bach 10.402 right 0.9 72  
Schönholzgraben 9,086 right 1.1 61  
Sweat trench 2.608 right 1.0 41 2738 32

Neighbors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Measurement based on the German base map 1: 5000
  2. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  3. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  4. ↑ Hans Knübel: Die Itter, historical-geographical consideration of a stream course . In: Hildener Jahrbuch, Volume 2, Hilden, 1937/38, page 6
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2006 ( Memento from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.03 MB)

Web links

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