Muttenbach (Ruhr)

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Muttenbach
Muttenbach in the Muttental

Muttenbach in the Muttental

Data
Water code DE : 2769192
location Ruhr area , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the corridor “In der Mutte” in Durchholz
51 ° 22 ′ 41 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 11 ″  E
Source height 200  m above sea level NN
muzzle east of Witten - Herbede in the Ruhr Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 24 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 12 ″  E 51 ° 25 ′ 24 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 12 ″  E
Mouth height 81  m above sea level NN
Height difference 119 m
Bottom slope 16 ‰
length 7.4 km
Catchment area 7.014 km²
Landscape in the Muttental

The Muttenbach is a left tributary of the Ruhr in the south of the city of Witten in North Rhine-Westphalia between the districts of Bommern and Herbede . It characterizes the Muttental , which is now accessible to tourists through the Muttental mining trail .

The Muttenbach rises in the corridor "In der Mutte" in Durchholz and flows into the Ruhr on the left after a distance of about 6 km .

In the years 1906 to 1910 the “Muttenbach Valley Melioration Cooperative” carried out measures to improve the meadows . For this purpose, small concrete weirs with flat slides and branch channels were created in order to flood the meadows in the spring.

The name component Mutte ( nds. For sow , a female domestic pig) refers to the former use of forest pastures in this area (cf. acorn fattening ).

The first hard coal in the Ruhr area is said to have been found in Muttental . The mining of coal began in open-cast mining around 1510; the first documentary mention of 1552 can be found in the court files of the nearby Hardenstein Castle .

The historical role of the Muttental is reflected today by the Muttental mining trail , which was laid out in 1972 , the industrial museum Zeche Nachtigall, opened in 2003, and various industrial history museum locations. Other sights near the valley include the ruins of Hardenstein Castle, Steinhausen Castle and the Theresia Mine and Field Railway Museum .

literature

  • Gerhard Koetter: Of seams, tunnels and shafts in the Muttental. A hiking guide through the mining history of the Ruhr . 2nd, change Edition. Klartext Verlag , Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89861-612-6 .
  • Gerhard Koetter: The miners' prayer house in Muttental near Witten . In: VOHM (Hrsg.): Year book of the association for local and local history in the county of Mark . tape 92 . Witten 1994, p. 223-234 .
  • Gerhard Koetter: When coal was still the future. Mining history and geology of the Muttental and the Nachtigall colliery. Klartext, Essen 2017

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b GoogleEarth
  2. ↑ a b Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  3. ↑ Tanja Möding: Muttental - history. In: muttental.de. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010 ; accessed on August 15, 2018 .