Nice (Niers)

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Nice
The nice one at the Weuthenmühle in Boisheim

The nice one at the Weuthenmühle in Boisheim

Data
Water code EN : 2862
location Lower Rhine region , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Niers  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district Meuse
source In Dülken
51 ° 15 ′ 10 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 24 ″  E
Source height 53  m above sea level NN
muzzle Below Wachtendonk in the Niers coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 52 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 25 ″  E 51 ° 24 ′ 52 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 25 ″  E
Mouth height 27  m above sea level NN
Height difference 26 m
Bottom slope 0.92 ‰
length 28.3 km
Catchment area 182.315 km²

The Nette is a river in the Lower Rhine region . It is about 28 kilometers long and has a catchment area of about 180 square kilometers.

The Nette begins in Dülken and flows first past Boisheim , then through some Nette lakes near Lobberich and Breyell , through the Krickenbeck lakes and then towards Wachtendonk . It flows into the Niers north of Wachtendonk .

There is no source. The original course of the Nette can be seen in the area between Boisheimer Strasse and Röhlenend Strasse. The water flow begins a few hundred meters later ( ⊙ , as of April 2017). Their flow rate is slow. Tributaries include the Mühlenbach (near Breyell ), the Pletschbach (south of Lobberich ), the Luidbach (in Lobberich) and the Königsbach (from Kaldenkirchen ).

The Netteverband , based in Leuth, takes care of the regulation of the water runoff, including securing the flood runoff, the renaturation and maintenance.

The Nette is the namesake for the Maas-Schwalm-Nette nature park , which it flows through, and for the town of Nettetal, which was created in 1970 during a regional reform (formed from Lobberich , Breyell , Hinsbeck , Leuth , Kaldenkirchen and Schaag ).

Others

The Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine pumps groundwater from a wide area ; this also influenced the situation in the area of ​​the Nette.

In order to efficiently implement the EU Water Framework Directive in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state government initiated the “Living Waters” program in 2009. By March 2012, 'implementation roadmaps' were drawn up to specify the programs of measures. In 2009, at the suggestion of the Düsseldorf district government , the Nice Association took over the management of the cooperation in the "Nice Planning Unit".

Due to the unusually long period of heat and drought in summer 2018 , the water level of the Nette also fell significantly. In addition, reinforcing, man-made factors were suspected: During an inspection by the Lower Water Authority, several illegal water intake points were found. This went so far that the river near Wachtendonk dried up in late July and early August 2018. The fish that survived in the puddles of water that remained but were threatened with suffocation were released by a small group in a resettlement operation in nearby Niers.

Web links

Commons : Nette (Niers)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  3. ↑ www.bund-nrw.de Garzweiler
  4. ↑ Brochure (pdf, 7 pages)
  5. ↑ Michael Klatt: The Nette river in Wachtendonk no longer has water. In: RP Online. August 2, 2018, accessed March 25, 2019 .
  6. ^ Christian Kaspers: "Save Nice" campaign. August 2, 2018, accessed March 25, 2019 .