Linnenbeeke

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Linnenbeeke
The Linnenbeeke shortly before the transition to the trout stream

The Linnenbeeke shortly before the transition to the trout stream

Data
Water code DE : 45982
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Trout stream  → Weser  → North Sea
source At Valdorf
52 ° 6 ′ 45 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 38 ″  E
Source height approx.  250  m above sea level NN
muzzle At Valdorf in den Forellenbach Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 14 "  N , 8 ° 50 ′ 30"  E 52 ° 9 ′ 14 "  N , 8 ° 50 ′ 30"  E
Mouth height approx.  88  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 162 m
Bottom slope approx. 24 ‰
length 6.8 km
Catchment area 13.7 km²
Right tributaries Maasbeeke
Small towns Vlotho
Source of the Linnenbeeke

The Linnenbeeke is a right tributary of the Forellenbach in Vlotho in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Herford in Germany .

Surname

The first part of the name Linnen is said to go back to the use of the water for flax roasting and flax , Beeke means brook in Low German . In the Ravensberger Urbar from 1556 it is named as Sudmersenbeeke after the original settlement of Südmersen .

geography

The water has a total length of 6.8 km. The catchment area extends over a mountainous area north of the Bonneberg in Valdorf and northern Lipper Bergland . The water rises between Nettelberg and Bonstapel in the southeast of Vlotho at the so-called Siebenquelle, passes the "Haus des Gastes", the Weserland clinic and the spa gardens of Bad Senkelteich and Bad Seebruch in Valdorf and flows into the trout stream at Valdorf (river kilometer 2.7) .

Tributaries

On its way, the Linnenbeeke takes in the Maasbeeke from the right 400 meters before its mouth in Galgenkamp .

history

The Linnenbeeke has been used more or less intensively through the ages. An example from the 20th century is its use from 1954 as a water supplier for the outdoor forest swimming pool sponsored and implemented by the Eintracht Valdorf gymnastics club, which is now operated by a sponsoring association. A few kilometers upstream, on the left side of the Linnebeeke, there are traces of a larger old Saxon farmhouse from around AD 900, which was the target of an excavation in 1941. This location is conceivable because of the abundant flowing water. A few hundred meters further upstream there was a small hydropower plant for agricultural and commercial use from 1925 to 1954. Here the Linnenbeeke picked up the water from a nameless tributary, which was dammed up on a slope on the right-hand side at a height of about twelve meters, after passing through the turbine house in the Linnenbeeke valley. There was evidence of a watermill operation here from around 1815. According to the current official version, it is often run as an independent Linnenbeeke , but is often viewed as the upper reaches of the trout stream named in this way.

environment

Large parts of the Bachtal are under nature protection. The following nature reserves are flowed through or grazed:

Site plan of the Linnenbeeke nature reserve
  • The Linnenbeeke nature reserve is located in Vlotho and is 19  hectares (ha) in size. The area was placed under nature protection as early as 1941 with a size of 5.5 hectares and in 1998 it was confirmed again in the Vlotho landscape plan and enlarged to 19 hectares. 3.5 km of the stream running through forest ( beech ) and grassland are protected . At the stream there are mainly alder trees close to the banks , but also a larger alder forest and a damp forest of ash trees . Around 1500 the creek cleared the landscape of granite or porphyry boulders . These boulders were the original reason for the establishment of the nature reserve in 1941. As early as 1912, the state agency for the preservation of natural monuments in Prussia determined that the river valley and the boulder collection were worthy of nature protection. The security took place via purchase by the provincial administration . Along with Doberg in Bünde, the nature reserve is the oldest nature reserve in East Westphalia-Lippe. The Kleiner Selberg nature reserve is directly adjacent . Most of the forest parcels are owned by the Herford district. The grassland areas are used extensively. According to the specifications of the contractual nature conservation according to the cultural landscape program, they are no longer fertilized and only mowed after June 15.
  • Plögereisiek nature reserve : The 5.4 hectare and around 800 m long Plögereisiek is a side valley of the Linnenbeeke with a stream east of the spa park of Vlotho-Bad Seebruch. It is characterized as a typical Siek for the Ravensberger Land with its wet grassland. The course of the stream is meandering close to nature in the upper course and is accompanied by an alder-ash alluvial forest. The stream has been straightened in the lower reaches. Large sedge and reed beds can be found here. There are also beech groves on the drier edge of the valley. The area borders on the Siebenstücke and Linnenbeeke nature reserves.
  • Siebenstücke nature reserve : The area is only 2.6 hectares in size, is located in Vlotho and was designated in 1998. This is also a near-natural sieve system with a box valley that is ecologically similar to the Plögereisiek nature reserve.

See also

literature

Heinz Lienenbecker: Comparative studies in some nature reserves in the Herford district (Eiberg, Kleiner Selberg, Linnenbeeke). Ber. Natural science Association f. Bielefeld u. Environment 51 (2013): 80-109

Web links

Commons : Linnenbeeke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d GeoServer NRW, State Office for Data Processing and Statistics NRW
  2. ↑ History Workshop Exter, L12 Search for Traces XII (2004) and L16 Search for Traces XVI (2008), contributions to the local history ISSN  1619-7828