List of karst springs in North Rhine-Westphalia

The map shows the approximate location of karst / lime deposits and karst springs in North Rhine-Westphalia

Large karst springs in North Rhine-Westphalia

Pader spring area (in the foreground: Dammpader spring basin) in the city park of Paderborn

This is a list of karst springs in North Rhine-Westphalia . It contains a selection of karst springs in North Rhine-Westphalia .

General

Significant karst areas in North Rhine-Westphalia include the Paderborn plateau , the Brilon plateau , the Warsteiner plateau (most of the karst springs, e.g. Lörmecke springs and Hillenberg spring II, are located here for the purpose of supplying water to the Warstein region and parts of the southern Hellweg region), the northern edge of the hair strand (along the Hellweg ), as well as the tree mountains which are karst locally and have many smaller Karst sources, and the Schöppinger Berg . Further small mass limestone deposits are stored in the slate of the Sauerland , Bergisches Land and Eifel (Kalkeifel).

In North Rhine-Westphalia the karst springs appear in 3 different manifestations. In addition to the so-called perennial (constantly water-bearing) springs, intermittent (temporarily water-bearing) springs occur primarily in the area of ​​the Paderborn plateau. These are called Quickspringe in the Paderborn region . They only carry water after heavy rainfall or when the snow melts. In addition, karst springs occur (sometimes also outside the larger karst areas) around which limestone tufa has deposited.

One karst source follows the other, especially along the Hellweg. The water, which previously seeped into the fissures of the mass limestone complex of the hair, collects here underground and accumulates on the so-called Emscher marl (a water-impermeable layer), only to then rise upwards. It then emerges on the boundary between limestone (karst) and marl along a spring horizon. This continues eastwards to the Paderborn plateau, the largest karst area in North Rhine-Westphalia.

List of karst springs

Hints

• The pouring values ​​can differ if the publisher of the data only calculated the average value of MNQ and MHQ . The mean bed is significantly lower. Incorrect numbers can also arise from specifying the MHQ as the MQ .
• The list does not contain all karst springs in North Rhine-Westphalia by far, but only a few more or less known ones. Many smaller karst springs are nowadays difficult to access, or in cities they are underground and not visible; There is only very imprecise information on these sources. The number of individual karst springs in North Rhine-Westphalia is in the three-digit range.
• An extensive list of German karst sources outside of North Rhine-Westphalia is given in the list of karst sources in Germany .

The list

image	Surname	Medium bulk (l / s)	place	Administrative district (district)	River system	comment	location
	Ahequelle	100	Erwitte	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine		⊙
	Ahrquelle	12	Blankenheim	Cologne (Euskirchen)	Rhine	rises in the basement of a half-timbered house	⊙
	Ahsprelle		Rewards	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine		⊙
	Almequelle	800	Alme	Arnsberg (Hochsauerlandkreis)	Rhine	Largest karst spring in the Sauerland	⊙
	Altenauquelle		Blankenrode	Detmold (Paderborn)	Rhine		⊙
	Barmer pond		Hagen	Arnsberg -	Rhine	karstified spring pond below the Weißenstein	⊙
	Bullerteich	93	Warstein	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine	drains the Warstein plateau	⊙
	Erftquelle		Nettersheim	Cologne (Euskirchen)	Rhine		⊙
	Erwitter sources	100	Erwitte	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine		⊙
	Feldhofquelle	400	Menden	Arnsberg (Märkischer Kreis)	Rhine
	Freiligrath spring	500	Menden	Arnsberg (Märkischer Kreis)	Rhine
	Gellinghausen springs	160	Gellinghausen	Detmold (Paderborn)	Rhine		⊙
	Geseker Spring	100	Geseke	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine	The source is taken underground	⊙
	Gieselerquellen	100	Eikeloh	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine		⊙
	Heder Quellen	1900	Jump up	Detmold (Paderborn)	Rhine	second strongest source area in NRW; Redesigned in 2006	⊙
	Hellweg Quellen		Mulhouse	Arnsberg (Unna)	Rhine	second largest source area in North Rhine-Westphalia (around 40 springs, some artesian)	⊙
	Hut jump		Oberrödinghausen	Arnsberg (Märkischer Kreis)	Rhine	Spring water drives the upper Röding Hauser hammer at	⊙
	Jordan Spring	300	Bad Lippspringe	Detmold (Paderborn)	Rhine	connected underground with the Lippe spring	⊙
	Karst spring at the Falkenburg ruins		Berlebeck	Detmold (Lippe)	Weser		⊙
	Karst springs in the Frettertal		Frettermühle	Arnsberg (Olpe)	Rhine	mostly taken as a well, visible source (not taken) is in a meadow near the Fretterbach	⊙
	Leerbachquelle		Empty	Munster (Steinfurt)	Rhine	protected as a natural monument	⊙
	Lippequelle	740	Bad Lippspringe	Detmold (Paderborn)	Rhine		⊙
	Lion leaping	30th	Ennepetal	Arnsberg (Ennepe-Ruhr)	Rhine	Discovered by chance during construction in 2015	⊙
	Lutter spring		Bielefeld	Detmold	Rhine		⊙
	Moosspring	130	Alme	Arnsberg (Hochsauerlandkreis)	Rhine	near the forest house of the same name	⊙
	Paderquellen	5000	Paderborn	Detmold (Paderborn)	Rhine	Largest and strongest headwaters in NRW	⊙
	Rethlager sources		location	Detmold (Lippe)	Weser	with adjacent nature reserve	⊙
	Rose pond	80	Geseke	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine		⊙
	Salzbachquelle		Werl	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine		⊙
	Schwarthoff's source		Empty	Munster (Steinfurt)	Rhine		⊙
	Seven sources		Seffent	Cologne (Aachen city region)	Rhine		⊙
	Seven sources		Sükerhook	Munster (Coesfeld)	Rhine	protected as a natural monument	⊙
	Seven sources		Schapdetten	Munster (Coesfeld)	Rhine		⊙
	Soest springs (including large pond )	600	Soest	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine	The large pond is fed by springs on the lake bed	⊙
	Storchenkolk	120	Borchen	Detmold (Paderborn)	Rhine		⊙
	Störmeder Spring		Störmede	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine		⊙
	Strundequelle	50	Men's rounds	Cologne (Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis)	Rhine	received a new source version in 2011	⊙
	Völmeder Spring	100	Geseke	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine		⊙
	Re-emergence of the Bilsteinbach		Warstein	Arnsberg (Soest)	Rhine	At the entrance to the Bilstein cave	⊙
	Re- exit of the Hönne		Menden	Arnsberg (Märkischer Kreis)	Rhine	Below the Klusenstein Castle	⊙

See also

• List of karst springs in Germany
• List of karst springs

Web links

• Karst springs in Germany
• (Bachelor thesis, which contains information and images / maps on the karst springs of Hellwegbörden, with a focus on the Geseke area)
• Karst in Westphalia
• Information about the Hellweg sources
• Information on caves and springs in the Hönnetal

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap