Schmalenhofer Bach

Schmalenhofer Bach
Upper course of the Schmalenhofer Bach
Data
Water code	DE : 27363964
location	In NRW , Germany
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Blombach (Wupper)  → Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	On the former Wuppertal training area Scharpenacken 51 ° 14 '33 "  N , 7 ° 12' 7"  O
Source height	301  m above sea level NN
muzzle	In the Blombach coordinates: 51 ° 14 '55 "  N , 7 ° 13' 30"  E 51 ° 14 '55 "  N , 7 ° 13' 30"  E
Mouth height	209  m above sea level NN
Height difference	92 m
Bottom slope	46 ‰
length	2 km
Catchment area	2.134 km²
Big cities	Wuppertal

The Schmalenhofer Bach is a left tributary of the Blombach , which in turn flows into the Wupper . The brook belongs to the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Wuppertal .

Location and topography

The Schmalenhofer Bach rises at 302 meters above sea level. NN close Lichtscheid in the western part of the former Wuppertal site training area Scharpenacken east of Engineering Park Wuppertal (on the site of the former Colmar barracks ). Far from residential developments, it flows in an easterly direction through a deeply pronounced Kerbtal valley through the area of ​​the Scharpenacken and receives the Hadberger Siefen, Gleichener Siefen and Scharpenacker Siefen tributaries. After crossing under the railway line Wuppertal-Oberbarmen-Solingen , the stream flows after about two kilometers at 209 meters above sea level. NN in the Blombach.

etymology

The name of the brook is derived from the Schmalenhof , a farm on its upper course, which was abandoned when the training area was set up in 1936. Other places to live and farms by the stream were Schirpkotten and (Schirpkotter) Delle .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ ^{a b} river basin geographic information system of Wupperverbandes

Web links

• Schmalenhofer Bach is freed by excavator Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from January 23, 2009