List of bodies of water in Essen

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Kettwig Lake

Baldeneysee

Hesperbach

The list of bodies of water in Essen includes running waters and still waters .

With the end of mining in the Ruhr , a rise in the groundwater level and an increase in water levels in the rivers are to be expected.

The European Water Framework Directive requires that surface waters are restored to a good ecological and chemical status and that the groundwater is brought back to a good quantitative and chemical status. In the area of ​​the Emscher there is a conversion project of the water and sewage structures with a total volume of 4.5 billion euros. The groundbreaking ceremony took place in 1992.

Flowing waters

The rivers that run completely outside the Essen city area are written in italics:

• Rhine
  • Emscher
    • Pausmühlenbach from the Reuenberg area
      • Barchembach
    • Läppkes Mühlenbach
      • Heilgraben
      • Hexbach
        • Inflow from the Gänseweg area
        • Inflow from the Bonnemannstr.
    • Berne
      • Pausmühlenbach
        • Hesselbach
        • Schmalenbecke
        • Borbecke
      • Borbeck Mühlenbach
        • Salzerbach
        • Rosendeller Bach
        • Kesselbach in the Nachtigallental (also called Kreuzenbecke )
          • Tributary Stubertal
        • Schleifkotten Bach
        • Sommerburgbach
        • Stocksiepen
      • NN from the Hövelstraße area
      • Stoppenberger Bach
    • Boye
    • Old Emscher (Horst) and mill Emscher called
    • Schwarzbach
      • Schurenbach
      • Katernberger Bach
        • Deep valley trench
        • Customs union
      • Wattenscheider Bach
      • Leither Bach
        • Sulzbach
  • Dysentery
    • Rumbach / Ruhmbacheither Bach
      • Schlippenbach
      • Gothenbach
      • Inflow from the Böllrodt area
      • Riemelsbecke
      • Steinbach (headwaters at Haus Stein )
    • Lohbach
    • Forstbach
    • Rossenbeck
      • Zinsbach
      • Rohmbach
    • Ickten brook
    • Alpenbach (Ruhr)
      • Rodenbusch brook
      • Landsberger Graben
    • Rinderbach
      • Laupendahl Bach
    • Brederbach
      • Hummelshagener Bach
    • Kettwig falls source
    • Wiesenbach
    • Often brook
      • Hitzbleckbach
      • Rommersbach
        • Birther Bach
          • Husterbach
      • Brücker Bach
      • NN from the Geilinghausweg area
      • Tüschener Bach
      • Inflow from the Korstick area
      • Püstersbach
      • Barnscheid Beeke
        • Jungfernbeeke
      • Inflow from the Bützgen's Weg area
    • Schuirbach
      • Huxoldbach
      • Kahlensiepenbach
      • Inflow from the Kamisheide area
      • Inflow from the Im Riek area
      • Inflow from the Meisenburg area
      • Lotterbecke
    • Wolfsbach
      • Aseybach
    • Pfefferbach
    • Devil's Siepen
    • Tributaries from the Kruppwald
    • Inflow from the Isenburg area
    • Inflow from the Uhlenstrasse area
    • Hesperbach
      • Inflow from the Ludscheidtstrasse area
      • Tributaries from the Tannenbusch area
      • Rosentalbach
        • Buchfeld Beeke
      • Willinghaus Beeke
    • Distelbach
    • Moosbach
      • Inflow from the Oberkamp area
    • Deilbach
      • Asbach
      • Eickelbach
        • Prielbach
      • Inflow from the Reulberg area
      • Deile
    • Deipenbecke
    • Holthuser Bach
    • Schellenberger Bach
      • Inflow from the Waldesquelle area
      • Heisinger Bach
    • Borschbach
    • Rellinghauser Mühlenbach
    • Eibergbach (according to the Meddenbach water database )
    • Altendorfer Bach
    • Elvenholzbach (according to the river database, left tributary near Dahlhausen ).
      • Dumberger Bach

Standing waters

Lake with floating stage in Krupp-Park

• Baldeneysee
• Pond in the Kaiser Wilhelm Park
• Pond in the Sommerburg valley
• Kesselbachsee in the Nachtigallental (reservoir of the Halbachhammer )
• Kettwig Lake
• Krupp Lake in the Krupp Park
• Margarethensee in the Grugapark
• Niederfeldsee
• Castle park pond / graves at Borbeck Castle
• Pond in Segerothpark
• Pond in the city ​​garden of Essen
• Forest lake in the Grugapark
• Pond in the Volksgarten Kray
• Bückmannshof brick pond

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in Essen
• List of nature reserves in Essen
• List of natural monuments in Essen
• List of bodies of water in Bochum
• List of flowing waters in the Ruhr river system

Web links

Commons : Bodies of water in Essen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• NRW river basins. Information from the MURL NRW on river basins
• Water directory ( XLS ; 4.6 MB) State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia , 2010
• Water station 3C ( memento from March 21, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ). In: gis6.nrw.de (map no longer interactive)
• Eat. New ways to the water. Essener Arbeit-Employmentgesellschaft mbH

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biological Station Eastern Ruhr Area: Water Quality Report Bochum. Bochum rivers. July 2013 ( bochum.de [PDF; 31.1 MB]).
2. ^ Jochen Stemplewski : The Emscher conversion - shouldering a major project together successfully ( Memento from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Lecture at Bauunternehmerforum Emschergenossenschaft and Lippeverband / Bauindustrieverband NRW , 2013.
3. ↑ Andreas Naaf: After 24 years it's over. Farewell interview with the Emscher boss. In: BILD . January 11, 2016, accessed June 6, 2020.
4. ↑ For the problem of naming in relation to Hexbach see the corresponding articles.
5. ↑ City plans and topographical maps also speak of Läpkes Mühlenbach for this body of water, but the water database and vernacular speak of Hexbach.
6. ↑ water and green. Running waters - Borbecker Mühlenbach. In: ESSEN. New ways to the water. Essener Arbeit-berufigungsgesellschaft mbH, accessed on June 6, 2020.