Mutzbach

Mutzbach
The Mutzbach in the Dünnwald Wildlife Park
Data
Water code	DE : 273688
location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Cologne Leverkusen
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Dhünn  → Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	at Odenthal, 51 ° 0 '58 "  N , 7 ° 8' 4"  E
Source height	175  m above sea level NN
muzzle	from the left into the Dhünn near Leverkusen - Manfort Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 7 ″  N , 6 ° 59 ′ 50 ″  E 51 ° 2 ′ 7 ″  N , 6 ° 59 ′ 50 ″  E
Mouth height	44  m above sea level NN
Height difference	131 m
Bottom slope	8.7 ‰
length	15.1 km
Catchment area	24.598 km²
Discharge A Eo : 24.598 km² at the mouth	MNQ MQ Mq	79.64 l / s 313.71 l / s 12.8 l / (s km²)
Big cities	Cologne , Leverkusen

The Mutzbach is a good fifteen kilometers long left tributary of the Dhünn .

etymology

The name means "Modis Bach", which refers to Modi , the son of Thor .

geography

River course

The Mutzbach rises in Odenthal - Voiswinkel , crosses the Bergisch Gladbach districts of Paffrath and Hand and, after flowing through the nature reserve Oberer Mutzbach in the Dünnwalder Forest in Cologne, also fed the Dünnwalder Waldbad. In the Leverkusen district of Manfort , it flows into the Dhünn, piped for the last few kilometers .

Inlets

The following waters flow into the Mutzbach:

1. Mühlengraben, 0.7 km, on the right,
2. Weidenbach, 3.1 km,
3. Katterbach, 4.0 km,
4. Hoppersheider Bach, 1.9 km, on the right.

River system Dhünn

• List of rivers in the Dhünn river system

Attractions

• House Blegge
• Paffrath Mill
• Diepeschrather mill
• Mutzbach nature reserve
• Upper Mutzbach nature reserve
• Gut Klosterhof
• Nature reserve Am Grünen Kuhweg
• Moth Kurtekotten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ ^{a b} Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
3. ↑ Modeled discharge values according to the specialist information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( notes )
4. ^ Friedrich Fischbach: Contributions to mythology . Teutonia Publishing House, 1906.
5. ↑ Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010. Accessed on February 21, 2017 . 

Web links

• Presentation of the Mutzbach Water Framework Directive and the need for action - Presentation of the chemical and biological assessment of the Mutzbach , accessed on July 29, 2015
• Time traces search for Mutz and Mutzbach accessed on July 29, 2015