Mühlenbach (Ruhr, Saarn)

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Mühlenbach
Saarner Mühlenbach
Schmitterbach
Data
Water code DE : 27699394
location Süderbergland

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Mülheim an der Ruhr - Mintard at the Mintarder Höfe
51 ° 22 ′ 45 ″  N , 6 ° 54 ′ 8 ″  E
Source height 40  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Mülheim- Saarn in the Ruhr Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '54 "  N , 6 ° 52' 22"  E 51 ° 24 '54 "  N , 6 ° 52' 22"  E
Mouth height 35.5  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 4.5 m
Bottom slope 0.98 ‰
length 4.6 km
Catchment area 5.222 km²
Discharge A Eo : 5.222 km² at the mouth

 MNQ
MQ
Mq
 		16.61 l / s
65.14 l / s
12.5 l / (s km²)
Big cities Mülheim an der Ruhr

The Mühlenbach is a good four and a half kilometer long sand-shaped lowland stream in the Ruhr Valley , as well as a southern and left tributary of the Ruhr in the area of ​​the Mühlheim districts of Mintard and Saarn in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

course

The Mühlenbach rises in the Mülheim district of Mintard at the Mintarder Höfe at an altitude of 40  m above sea level. NHN in a meadow south of the BAB 52 and directly west of the L 62. Its source is in the conservation area - Ruhr lowlands between Menden and Mintard near the stud Breithof -

The stream first crosses under the Mintarder Ruhrtalbrücke and then flows through meadows of the Auf'm Hofacker corridor in a north-westerly direction and east past the Niedener Hof riding facility . To the north of the riding stables it forms a tiny pond and immediately afterwards the Schmitterbach flows towards it on its left . On some maps the Mühlbach itself is also called "Schmitterbach".

The mill stream running then, accompanied by Ruhrauenweg 'through the corridor Flachsrott and feeds where a second small pond. A campsite is located east of the brook in the Staader Loch corridor . The stream now flows more and more in a northerly direction through the Hopp Morgen and Auf dem Großer Driesch corridors . At the Am Kirschbäumchen corridor, it then aligns its walking direction to the north-northwest. He then moves through a small wood to the west past the former excursion restaurant Haus Kron with a campsite. On the other side there is the 106.3  m high Au-Berg .

The Mühlbach now flows through grassland past a small pond, then crosses the Ruhrauenweg in a west-northwest direction and then runs north along the eastern edge of the 47.5 hectare Ruhrtalhang nature reserve on the Auberg .

nature and environment

The Mühlenbach crosses the Saarn-Mendener Ruhraue nature reserve (MH-002) and the FFH area Ruhraue in Mülheim (DE-4507-301). It is a low water body. From the end of 2017, a renaturation of 460 m of the stream was carried out, in particular the straightness was reduced and standing water was created. The background to the measures was the European Water Framework Directive .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlheinz Paffen , Adolf Schüttler, Heinrich Müller-Miny: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 108/109 Düsseldorf / Erkelenz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. →  Online map (PDF; 7.1 MB)
  2. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  3. ↑ a b ELWAS specialist information system, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia ( notes )
  4. ↑ Renaturation of the Viehbach and Mühlenbach in Mülheim-Saarn. City of Mülheim an der Ruhr, February 10, 2016, accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Continuation of the renaturation of the Viehbach and Mühlenbach in Mülheim-Saarn. City of Mülheim an der Ruhr, September 14, 2018, accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Fabian Kloster: Renaturation of the Viehbach and Mühlenbach starts at the end of the year - Mülheim an der Ruhr. In: lokalkompass.de. October 22, 2017, accessed May 29, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Bettina Kutzner: A new bed for the Mühlenbach in Saarn. WAZ, October 24, 2017, accessed May 29, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Renaturation of Viehbach and Mühlenbach km 0.73 to km 1.2 in Mülheim-Saarn. Ingolf Hahn - Landscape and Environmental Planning, accessed on May 29, 2020 .