Veybach

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Veybach
Feybach
Veybach near Satzvey, looking south-west

Veybach near Satzvey, looking south-west

Data
Water code DE : 27418
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Erft  → Rhine  → North Sea
source In Kallmuth and Urfey , Eifel
50 ° 33 '25 "  N , 6 ° 37' 26"  O
Source height 418  m above sea level NHN
muzzle At Euskirchen in the Erft coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 13 ″  N , 6 ° 47 ′ 42 ″  E 50 ° 40 ′ 13 ″  N , 6 ° 47 ′ 42 ″  E
Mouth height 152  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 266 m
Bottom slope 12 ‰
length 22.9 km
Catchment area 84.924 km²

The Veybach (colloquially: the Veybach) or Feybach is a 22.9 km long left tributary of the Erft in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

geography

The brook originates in Kallmuth as Kallmuther Bach , near Mechernich in the Eifel . With the mouth of the shorter Urfeyer Bach above Vollem , the brook is called Veybach . It flows through Vollem, Eiserfey , Vussem , Breitenbenden , Katzvey , past the Katzensteinen , through Satzvey , Wisskirchen , Euenheim and finally through the city center of Euskirchen before it flows into the Erft in the Erftauen .

The Veybach has the following tributaries from the source to the mouth
  • Weyer Bach (Unterlaufname Hauserbach ) ( right ), 2.56 km
  • Lohrbach ( left ), 1.70 km
  • Odensiefen ( right ), 1.33 km
  • Mainbach ( right ), 1.38 km
  • Holzsiefen ( right ), 1.10 km
  • Krebsbach ( right ), 2.45 km
  • Bergheimer Bach ( left ), 2.47 km
  • Veyboschmühlenbach ( right ), 1.02 km
  • Siefenbach ( right ), 3.38 km
  • Kühlbach ( right ), 7.28 km
  • Mitbach ( right ), 4.51 km

In addition, there is a considerable proportion of water that flows in from the Bleibach catchment area through the Burgfeyer tunnel near Katzvey and which supplies the Veybach with considerable pollutants.

etymology

According to the place name researcher Gerhard Mürkens, the name has Celtic , even pre-Celtic roots, like many in this area . In Celtic-Roman times it was probably called Fachina. A matron stones of the Matronae Fachinehae found near the stream near Euskirchen and Zingsheim indicate this. The word is based on the pre-Celtic word "begh", which means to hurry and can be found in many fast-flowing brook names: Becke.

As can already be seen from the place names, the stream changes its spelling. South of Katzvey it is written with 'F', from there on with 'V'. This can still be seen today from the names ( Feytalstraße in Mechernich, Feyermühle near Breitenbenden, Am Feybach in Eiserfey). On the maps of the BfN the brook is called Veybach continuously from Vollem to its mouth and does not change its name. On its run it passes Eiserfey , the Feyermühle near Breitenbenden , the ND Burgfey, Katzvey , Satzvey and Veynau Castle .

Mills

In earlier times the water of the Veybach was used in many ways to drive mills, hammer mills and textile factories. There used to be seven textile factories on the brook. In Satzvey alone there used to be three mills, a grain, an oil and a wage mill.

particularities

In Euskirchen the brook was partially built over with sidewalks in 1934. Until the 1970s , it was completely built over over a length of approx. 550 m. There only reminiscent Veybachstraße and the shopping center Veybachcenter to the course.

The source of the Veybach was used as early as 80 AD to feed the Roman Eifel aqueduct to Cologne .

Web links

Commons : Veybach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  3. ↑ Summary: from Mürkens to Vey
  4. ^ Textile factory Wisskirchen
  5. ↑ Mills in Satzvey from p. 22.