Otterbach (Weser)

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Otterbach
The Otterbach
Data
Water code DE : 4535314
location Holzminden district ( Lower Saxony ), Höxter district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ); Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Weser  → North Sea
source in Solling near Neuhaus
51 ° 45 ′ 38 ″  N , 9 ° 29 ′ 19 ″  E
Source height approx.  405  m above sea level NN
muzzle in Lüchtringen in the Weser Coordinates: 51 ° 47 '43 "  N , 9 ° 25' 13"  E 51 ° 47 '43 "  N , 9 ° 25' 13"  E
Mouth height approx.  86  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 319 m
Bottom slope approx. 39 ‰
length 8.1 km

The Otterbach , called the Otterbache in Lüchtringen , is an approximately 8.1 km long right or southeast tributary of the Weser in the Holzminden district and in the Höxter district and thus in the federal states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

course

The Otterbach rises in the western part of the Solling low mountain range . Its source is in the wooded area of ​​the "Staatsforst Boffzen" within the wetland "Rutenbruch" west of Neuhaus im Solling , which is a district of Holzminden in Lower Saxony .

The Otterbach flows in a predominantly north-westerly direction through an uninhabited valley of the Solling-Vogler Nature Park and reaches the state of North Rhine-Westphalia when it leaves the large Solling forest area. At the same time, the brook enters the Upper Weser Valley , where it runs through Lüchtringen , a district of the Westphalian Höxter . When you reach the village, it runs underground under the Lüchtringer sports field and from there again above ground until it flows into the local sewerage system about 100 m before the level crossing.

Immediately after Lüchtringen ends of Otterbach in there coming from the south and the North Sea flowing Weser .

Hydrology

Because the Solling consists of red sandstone , the mountain subsoil is very permeable to water in many places. This is why the Otterbach in Lüchtringen only carries water about three months a year.

history

An orally transmitted saying goes:

"It is hereby made known
that nobody poops in the brook,
because Oppermann wants to brew".

This clearly shows that in the past the stream was used for drinking water on the one hand, and also as a sewer on the other.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  3. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )