Menkebach

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Menkebach
The Menkebach at Sende

The Menkebach at Sende

Data
Water code EN : 3126
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Ems
Drain over Dalke  → Ems  → North Sea
source In the Teutoburg Forest northwest of Oerlinghausen
51 ° 57 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 39 ″  E
Source height approx.  208  m above sea level NN
muzzle Southeast of Gütersloh in the Dalke coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 17 ″  E 51 ° 54 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 17 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  79  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 129 m
Bottom slope approx. 6.4 ‰
length 20.1 km
Catchment area 14.704 km²
Drain MQ
 190 l / s
Reservoirs flowed through Dalbker pond
Communities Oerlinghausen , Bielefeld , Holte-Stukenbrock Castle , Verl and Gütersloh

The Menkebach ( called Menkhauser Bach or Schopke in the upper reaches ) is an orographically left tributary of the Dalke in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It has a length of 20.1 km.

River course

View downstream
Drainage structure at Lipperzeile, behind the Dalbkebach, in front the Menkhauser Bach

The Menkebach rises as the Menkhauser Bach northwest of Oerlinghausen on the grounds of the Menkhausen estate in the Teutoburg Forest . After a few hundred meters it takes up the Schopke inflow coming from the northwest and then flows through the nature reserve "Schopketal and Menkhauser Bachtal", cut into the steeply rising relief, where the water from another spring pot is added.

Deviating from the official naming , the entire Menkebach is often referred to as "Schopke" in the vernacular , but also on maps.

In its course, the brook forms the former state border between the county of Ravensberg and the state of Lippe and thus also the current Bielefeld city ​​limit to the district of Lippe .

To the north of the village of Lipperzeile there is a drain called Dalbkebach , where part of the water is drained towards the center of the village. This watercourse later flows into the Landerbach and thus forms a connection between the rivers.

In the lower area of ​​the nature reserve, the stream reaches the approximately two hectare “Dalbker Teich” and changes its name to “Menkebach” when it flows through. The Dalbker Teich is a dam built in 1835 to supply the Dalbker paper mill built by the industrialist Friedrich Ludwig Tenge with water.

The Menkebach then flows southeast of the Sennestadt district of Dalbke and northwest of the town of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock over a largely rural area towards Sende and further north past the town of Verl . Larger tributaries are not absorbed in the entire course, which is why the Menkebach is also quite narrow in the lower reaches compared to the neighboring Senne brooks. At Sürenheide there is a connection to the Knisterbach .

To the south-east of Gütersloh , the Menkebach passes the strand mill, only to flow into the Dalke shortly afterwards , which drains into the Ems . The water overcomes a height difference of 129 meters during its flow path, resulting in an average bed gradient of 6.4 ‰.

Flora and fauna

Since the Menkebach in the upper reaches (there as Menkhauser Bach) mostly crosses the terrain of a nature reserve, at least there the water quality is above average. In this area, in addition to the gray wagtail and the dipper , the fire salamander can also be found. The slopes of the Bachaue are covered with beech and pine trees.

Others

The Menkebach is one of the few watercourses that arise in the Teutoburg Forest and provide water all year round as far as the Senne . Most of the streams that arise in the Teutoburg Forest seep into the sand shortly after leaving the mountainous region.

In 2017, the Bielefeld-Sennestadt Roman camp was discovered near Sennestadt, immediately west of the Menkhauser Bach . Due to the fresh water, the stream was probably the decisive factor in choosing the exact location for the camp in the middle of enemy territory.

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 )
  4. ^ Gütersloh city geoportal
  5. ↑ Heinrich Koch, Gunter Stratmann: The triangle in the Senne. From the wasteland to the Sennestadt. Verlag Thomas P. Kiper, 1999. ISBN 3-9803990-3-6 . P. 33.
  6. ↑ Leaflet “Hike in the Menkhauser Bachtal, Dalbker Teich and Markengrund - Southern Part” (PDF; 5.0 MB)
  7. ↑ Susanne Lahr: Unique in Westphalia: This is what the Roman camp in Bielefeld looks like in Neue Westfälische on May 8, 2019