Kendel (Niers)

Kendel Hommersumer Kendel
Kendel east of Hommersum
Data
Water code	DE : 28698
location	Kleve district , Lower Rhine region , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Niers  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district	Meuse
source	at Weeze as a branch from Otter trench 51 ° 37 '34 "  N , 6 ° 10' 23"  O
muzzle	near Goch - Hommersum in the Niers coordinates: 51 ° 41 '22 "  N , 6 ° 1' 42"  E 51 ° 41 '22 "  N , 6 ° 1' 42"  E
length	24.9 km
Catchment area	24.76 km²
Medium-sized cities	Goch
Small towns	Weeze
The Kendel under the bridge at Hommersum

The (more rarely the ) Kendel , sometimes also called the Hommersumer Kendel to distinguish it from other Kendels , is a stream that arises near Weeze and flows into the Niers after about 25 kilometers at Goch - Hommersum .

geology

The Kendel follows almost its entire length, over five meander loops , a silted up old river channel of the Ur-Rhine (generally called "Kendel" on the Lower Rhine), which meanders with a very slight gradient through the Lower Rhine lowlands . This channel is already recognizable from Krefeld and in its southern section is known as Niep (-kuhlen) .

course

The Kendel branches off from the Ottersgraben to the west of Weeze . From Weeze, the Kendel runs roughly parallel to the German-Dutch border on the west side and the Niers and the A57 on the east side, past the Gocher districts of Hülm , Gaesdonck and Hassum , to Hommersum.

On the last 700 meters north of Hommersum to the confluence with the Niers, the Kendel is the border river between Germany (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) and the Netherlands (province of Limburg with the village of Gennep - Ottersum ). On this piece there is still a bridge over the Kendel, which is also the border crossing. In the past there was also a railway bridge of the Boxteler Bahn here ; this bridge was blown up by German troops in the final phase of the Second World War, in the course of Operation Market Garden on September 18, 1944.

On the last stretch near Hommersum, at the railway bridge mentioned above, a water mill was in operation until 1946/47 , called the Isshöveler Mühle (ndl. IJsheuvelmolen ) or Kendelmühle .

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  Bridge over the Kendel near Hommersum with German and Dutch landmarks

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  Kendel in Hommersum

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  Pedestrian bridge near the Isshöveler Mühle

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  Kendel in Hülm

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c List of} waters. (Microsoft Excel list; 4.8 MB) LANUV - State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on August 10, 2012 . 
2. ^ Ernst Ambrosius: The population density on the German Lower Rhine . Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1901 ( full text in the Internet archive ).
3. ↑ Note: About 1.5 km above the junction from the Ottersgraben, another Kendel (GEWKZ 286924, coming from the south in the direction of Kevelaer) joins the Ottersgraben. According to the official system, this Kendel is not the same body of water.
4. ^ ^{A b} Water station map of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. (No longer available online.) LANUV - State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia, archived from the original on July 13, 2012 ; Retrieved August 11, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Watermolen from IJsheuvel / Kendelmolen / IJsheuvelmolen. Molendatabase - Database van Verdwenen Molens in Nederland, accessed 11 August 2012 (Dutch).