Teufelsbach (Radau)

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Teufelsbach
Teufelsbach in Radauer Holz

Teufelsbach in Radauer Holz

Data
location District of Goslar , Lower Saxony , Germany
River system Weser
Drain over Radau  → Oker  → Aller  → Weser  → North Sea
source Weiher near Harlingerode
51 ° 54 ′ 51 ″  N , 10 ° 32 ′ 4 ″  E
Source height 200  m above sea level NHN
muzzle Radauer Holz near Vienenburg Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ 59 ″  N , 10 ° 33 ′ 14 ″  E 51 ° 55 ′ 59 ″  N , 10 ° 33 ′ 14 ″  E
Mouth height 168  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 32 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length approx. 3 km
Catchment area 2.5 km²
Small towns Goslar- Vienenburg
Communities Harlingerode

The Teufelsbach ( Oker dialect : Duiwelsbeke ) is about three kilometers orographically left tributary of the Radau in the area of ​​the cities of Bad Harzburg and Goslar in the Goslar district .

course

The Teufelsbach begins in a retention basin on the edge of the Güdeckeberg in Hackelkamp at a height of 200  m . The corridor borders on the Bad Harzburg district of Harlingerode and became the building site for an industrial area in the late 1990s. In the upper reaches after the immediate source section, the Teufelsbach has been very much straightened, but despite the intensive agricultural use on the bank it is covered with bushes. About halfway the stream flows into the Radauer Holz , from here it shows a very natural course. Within the Radauer Holz, the brook enters a break that has been known since ancient times as the Teufelsbad and gives the brook its name. The lowland has a high rate of unnamed rivulets that rarely exceed a few hundred meters in length and only occasionally carry water. To the east of the forest, the Teufelsbach crosses under the Braunschweig – Bad Harzburg railway line and flows into the Radau about 100 meters further east .

history

The Teufelsbad was first attested in writing in 1528. The exact background of the name is unclear. An entry in the magazine Braunschweigische Heimat in 1982 suggests that it is a typical demonization of field names that were used as pagan places of worship in earlier times . The parcel to the west of the Teufelsbach is also called "Teufelskamp".

Water quality

A determination of the saprobic index by the NLWKN was not possible for the Teufelsbach due to its species poverty. However, the generously designed canal-like course in the upper course with sections of piping and light vegetation suggests a rather poor water quality. Furthermore, the stream often falls dry in summer, so that in the upper reaches the livelihood for living things in the stream is temporarily lost completely. In the Radauer Holz area, however, the situation is improving and the Teufelsbach runs close to nature in a marshy river valley .

Mayflies of the genus Caenis luctuosa can be found on the Teufelsbach as a nature-protected species .

gallery

  • Retention basin in the source area

  • Video in the middle reaches of the Teufelsbach

  • Entry into the Radauer Holz

  • South of Vienenburg in the Radauer Holz, natural course

Web links

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

literature

  • Braunschweigischer Landesverein für Heimatschutz: Braunschweigische Heimat, Volumes 68-72 . 1982. pp. 107-109.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b LGLN : Metadata recording Lower Saxony
  2. ↑ State Office for Geoinformation and Land Surveying Lower Saxony: Top 50 - Topographic Map 1: 50,000 Lower Saxony / Bremen , as of 2000.
  3. ↑ a b NLWKN : Water quality report Oker 2002 , Braunschweig October 2002, p. 36.