Schierpkebach

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Schierpkebach
The source house of the Schierpkebach in Langeleben is part of the former palace complex.

The source house of the Schierpkebach in Langeleben is part of the former palace complex.

Data
Water code DE : 482816
location Germany
Lower Saxony
District of Helmstedt
River system Weser
Drain over Schunter  → Oker  → Aller  → Weser  → North Sea
source Langeleben im Elm
52 ° 12 ′ 32 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 54 ″  E
Source height 260  m above sea level NHN
muzzle Süpplingen coordinates: 52 ° 13 '25 "  N , 10 ° 54' 37"  E 52 ° 13 '25 "  N , 10 ° 54' 37"  E
Mouth height 108  m
Height difference 152 m
Bottom slope 21 ‰
length 7.4 km
Catchment area 56.66 km²
Small towns Königslutter am Elm
Communities Süpplingen
Water body NLWKN : 15039 and 15061
View from the country road to the roof of the source house and the ponds through which the Schierpkebach flows (2014).

View from the country road to the roof of the source house and the ponds through which the Schierpkebach flows (2014).

The Schierpkebach is a 7 km long brook in the Helmstedt district in Lower Saxony , which rises from a spring house in the Elm in Langeleben and flows into the Schunter from the left after approximately eastward south of Süpplingen .

geography

course

The Schierpkebach rises in a spring house built in 1705, which lies below the road embankment of the state road L652 leading in the direction of Schöningen , and flows through two small tree-lined ponds into the ditches of the former moated castle Langeleben in a forest clearing . In a cut valley, the stream then runs through the forest of the Elm, largely in its natural state, which it leaves after about 1.5 kilometers, and then enters the arable fields of the municipality of Lelm .

From here it runs in straightened, regulated and cut trenches towards the east between the Schierberg in the north and the Schieren forest in the south . Between Lelm and Süpplingen it takes on the Schambach from the left as well as a further left and right tributary, which also arise in the Elm, and is then crossed by the Braunschweig – Magdeburg railway line . South of the center of Süpplingen and north of the former sugar refinery in Frellstedt , it cuts the line of settlements of the town along the Breite Straße near the Süpplingen Church of St. Bonifatius and soon afterwards joins the Schunter south of the federal highway 1 in front of the foothills of the Elz .

Tributaries

  • Schambach , west of the Braunschweig-Magdeburg railway line from the left
  • Stöhbach , from the left immediately before the railway line
  • Rottebergbach , from the right opposite the previous one, finally through the Schieren forest

Surname

The name of the stream is composed of three words, of which the appended word -bach is self-explanatory. The defining word Schier- can be found in the immediate vicinity in the names Schierberg and Schieren . The original appellative is probably -beke , which also means -bach. Accordingly, the water used to be called Schierbeke or, according to the other local variations of the appellative -beke. This name was shortened to Schierbke or Schierpke and the ending -bach was added again. This was common when the original meaning of the field or water name was no longer known. Such a case is likely to exist here and is similar to that of the Schiebecksbach in the Lower Harz, which is geographically not far away .

Water quality

In order to implement the EU Water Framework Directive , the responsible state office NLWKN divided the Schierpkebach into two water bodies of roughly equal length and assessed them separately in 2009: the upper course with the number 15039 and 3.6 kilometers in length and the lower course with the number 15061 and 3.8 kilometers in length . The upper course is classified as a “ coarse material-rich, carbonate low mountain stream ” (type 7) and the further course as a fine material-rich, carbonate low mountain stream of type 6. The upper course regularly falls dry and half of it runs through forest.

In terms of chemical composition, the entire course is rated “good”, the saprobic index in the upper reaches “good” and further down the line as “moderate”.

The overall ecological condition is described as “unsatisfactory” to “poor” due to considerable structural deficits. The water structure quality in the upper reaches still receives the grade "II" in sections, but only grade "VI" in the rest of the water. The reasons for this are the predominantly bare bank strips, changes in runoff, relatively deep cuts and the lack of ecological continuity for flora and fauna. In the arable fields, the cultivated area extends to the edge of the river, where fertilizers and pesticides are introduced. The priority "Preserve, protect" is given for the upper reaches in the associated waterway map.

"Elven Path"

The open-air and adventure museum in Ostfalen has laid out a so-called “Elfenpfad” in the source area and near the former moated castle, which is pointed out on a plaque and described in a natural history booklet.

Web links

Commons : Schierpkebach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b LGLN : Topographic Map 1: 50,000 , as of 2000, CD-ROM Top50 Viewer
  2. ↑ a b NLWKN : Inventory of the implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive, Oker processing area , Braunschweig November 2004, Table 3.
  3. ↑ → NLWKN water body data sheets in the web links section
  4. ↑ State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development Lower Saxony : TK 25 , online map of the LGLN ( memento of the original from March 19, 2015 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. , As of November 23, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / navigator.geolife.de
  5. ^ Franz Witt: Contributions to the knowledge of the river names of Northwest Germany . Printed by Schmidt & Klaunig, Kiel 1912.
  6. ↑ Blume, Herbert : Oker, Schunter, Wabe , in: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, vol. 86, Braunschweig 2005, p. 29 ff. On the name Limbeke
  7. ↑ NLWKN : water body data sheet 15039 Schierpkebach and water body data sheet 15061 Schierpkebach , as of 2012, website of the NLWKN on the EU Water Framework Directive, accessed on May 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ NLWKN : Priority rivers / water bodies in Lower Saxony, Annex to the guideline for planning surface water measures , status: March 31, 2008, Lüneburg 2008, NLWKN website, accessed on May 25, 2013.
  9. ↑ FEMO : Nature and culture experience "Elfenpfad Langeleben" , Königslutter 2002.