Melbbach
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Melbbach Engelbach, Engelsbach, Poppelsdorfer Bach |
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 Melbbach under the Melbbrücke |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 2719716 | |
| location | Bonn , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Rhine → North Sea | |
| source |
Waldau 50 ° 41 ′ 38 ″ N , 7 ° 5 ′ 37 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 166 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | In Bonn at km 653.93 in the Rhine Coordinates: 50 ° 43 '44 " N , 7 ° 6' 42" E 50 ° 43 '44 " N , 7 ° 6' 42" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 54 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 112 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 18 ‰ | |
| length | 6.1 km | |
| Catchment area | 5.024 km² | |
| Big cities | Bonn | |
The Melbbach, also Engelbach, Engelsbach or Poppelsdorfer Bach, is a brook in Bonn . Its total length is 6.1 kilometers and its catchment area is 5.02 square kilometers.
etymology
The name "Melb-" is interpreted as being of Celtic origin and should mean clay , the name Engelsbach is derived from a former monastery.
course
The source of the stream is in the Waldau area . Initially, the brook runs open for 3.1 km through the natural Melbe valley . Here it is crossed by the Melbbrücke . The Melbbad is now located on the site of a former mill. In Poppelsdorf the brook then runs underground (approx. 1.5 km) until it flows into the pond of the Bonn Botanical Garden at Poppelsdorf Castle ( Melbweiher , also Poppelsdorf pond ), which once served as a moat for the Gothic predecessor castle and the garden until two of its arms were filled in at the end of the 19th century.
Parts of the water flow from the pond underground to the Rhine ; in 1991 a new, larger canal was built for this purpose to prevent flooding in Poppelsdorf as in 1970.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
- ↑ a b Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
- ↑ Helga Stoverock: The Poppelsdorf garden. Four hundred years of garden history. Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , Bonn 2001, p. 13. ( urn : nbn: de: hbz: 5-02427 ).
- ↑ Bach Development Plan 2008 , City of Bonn (PDF; 1.65 MB), p. 37.
Web links
- The Melbbach. Poppelsdorf.de
- The Poppelsdorfer Bach made fountains jump. June 19, 2002, Poppelsdorf.de , from the series: Signal, Between Melb and Weiher. 1982.
- Pictures from the Melbbach
Former "Obere Mühle" on Melbbach
The original Melbquelle between Annaberger Hof and Waldau
The area below the Melbquelle after the snow has melted
The ditch of the Melbbach at the playground on the Waldau with an above-average amount of water
The mouth of the Melbbach in the Rhine
