Thrush (Bach)

thrush
The young thrush on the edge of the High Fens
Data
location	Belgium : Province of Liège
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Hill  → Vesdre  → Ourthe  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district	Meuse
source	in the High Fens
Source height	620  m
muzzle	at Eupen in the Hill coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 18 ″  N , 6 ° 2 ′ 21 ″  E 50 ° 37 ′ 18 ″  N , 6 ° 2 ′ 21 ″  E
Mouth height	270  m
Height difference	350 m
Bottom slope	29 ‰
length	12 km

The Thrush is a stream in Belgium that has its source in the High Fens and crosses the Hertogenwald . It flows into the Hill about 2 km south of Eupen at the place called "Black Bridge" .

Eupener Graben

In the 18th century, the Eupen cloth makers and tanners applied to the Habsburg governor in Brussels to dig a ditch to divert part of the water from the Gileppe stream into the thrush in order to reduce the production losses caused by the lack of water.

Thrush tunnel

From the beginning of the 1950s, an approximately 2.5 km long tunnel was built from the Thrush to the Gileppetalsperre, this time to protect Eupen from floods and to better serve the increased demand for drinking and service water in the Verviers area . During the construction work, a sudden severe storm led to a sharp rise in the water level. Eight workers were killed when the tunnel was flooded.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tragedy of the thrush on July 6, 1952  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Thrush  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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  Confluence of the Hill and Thrush (right)

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  Retention basin at the entrance to the thrush tunnel

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  Display board at the thrush reservoir

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  Memorial to the workers who died in the thrush tunnel