Upper floor

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upper floor
Obererft in the Reuschenberger bush

Obererft in the Reuschenberger bush

Data
Water code DE : 275121
location Neuss , Rhein-Kreis Neuss , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine  → North Sea
source Junction from the Erft at Selikumer Park
51 ° 10 ′ 10 ″  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 57 ″  E
muzzle after crossing the Neusser Hafen as Erft Canal in the Rhine Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '36 "  N , 6 ° 43" 20 "  E 51 ° 13" 36 "  N , 6 ° 43" 20 "  E

length 8.6 km (to the Rhine)
Ports Neuss harbor
Weir on Nixhütterweg

The upper floor . called the Erft Canal in the last part , is an 8.6 km long tributary of the Rhine on the left in Neuss . It is an estuary of the Erft , which was artificially created in the 15th century and served to supply the Neuss mills. They made use of a difference in height that the natural estuary of the Erft did not have.

course

The Obererft begins as a junction from the Erft at Selikumer Park west of Reuschenberg Castle .

The Napoleon weir barrage was built in Napoleon's times to supply the Neuss canals with water. The Obererft flows north and crosses under the A 57 .

A green corridor belongs to the river. The green woodpecker , nuthatch , bullfinch , goldfinch , kingfisher , owl and bats can be found here . In 2011, a citizens' initiative was able to prevent Schillerstrasse from being extended with a bridge over the Obererft and leading through the green corridor.

A pilgrimage route leads along the Obererft to the St. Cornelius Chapel .

From the level of the town hall, the Obererft flows largely piped to port basin 1 of Neuss harbor , which it flows through as the Erft Canal and then flows into the Rhine.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Water station map, accessed with TIM-online NRW on February 26, 2012
  2. The parks introduce themselves - Neuss am Rhein: Arboretum and Selikumer Park ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.neuss.de
  3. Biotop-Obererft Neuss: Neusser Biotope in Danger ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.biotop-obererft.de
  4. NGZ-online: Biotop Obererft: Protest successful