Volme
| Volme | ||
_03_ies.jpg) The Volme in Hagen (renatured in 2004) |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | EN : 2768 | |
| location | Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Ruhr → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | at Meinerzhagen 51 ° 5 '58 " N , 7 ° 39' 51" E |
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| Source height | 460 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | in Hagen-Eckesey in the Ruhr Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '34 " N , 7 ° 26' 29" E 51 ° 23 '34 " N , 7 ° 26' 29" E |
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| Mouth height | 91 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | 369 m | |
| Bottom slope | 7.3 ‰ | |
| length | 50.5 km | |
| Catchment area | 427.817 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge Hagen-Eckesey A Eo : 425 km² Location: 1.2 km above the mouth |
NNQ (16.09.1973) MNQ 1951/2007 MQ 1951/2007 Mq 1951/2007 MHQ 1951/2007 HHQ (04.12.1960) |
520 l / s 1.26 m³ / s 9.15 m³ / s 21.5 l / (s km²) 118 m³ / s 322 m³ / s |
The Volme is a 50.5 km long orographic left tributary of the Ruhr . Of this, 20.8 km are in the urban area of Hagen .
geography
course
The source of the Volme is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Meinerzhagen at 460 m above sea level. NN and one kilometer east of the Agger spring .
It flows through, accompanied by the Volmetal train and the B54 , including the cities of Meinerzhagen and Kierspe , the district Oberbrügge the city Halver , the Lüdenscheider district Bruges , the districts Schalksmühle and Dahlerbrück the town of Schalksmühle and neighborhoods Rummenohl , priory , Dahl , Ambrock , Eilpe , Mitte and Eckesey of the independent city of Hagen. In the urban area of Hagen it is canalised over larger stretches, but has been partially renatured.
The Volme finally empties at an altitude of 91 m above sea level. NN in Hagen from the left into the Ruhr.
Catchment area
The 427.82 km² catchment area of the Volme is drained into the North Sea via the Ruhr and Rhine .
The catchment area has the following usage structure:
- 14.6% - settlement and traffic areas
- 1.4% - industrial and commercial land
- 0.2% - water areas
- 41.8% - forest areas
- 42.0% - agricultural land
Your catchment area borders
- in the east to that of the Lenne tributary to the Ruhr
- in the southeast to that of the Lenne tributary Bigge
- in the south to that of the Agger tributary
- and to the west of the Wupper .
Tributaries
In Meinerzhagen
- Immecke (right)
- Basket corner (right)
- Melmche (left, piped in the city center)
- Heerhofbach (right)
- Hahnenbecke (left, piped under the garbage dump and the railway embankment)
- Hartmecke (left, piped under the railway embankment)
- Grünenbecke (right)
In Kierspe
- Onion seed (right) with its tributaries Sulenbecke and sifter
- Woe (left)
- Humecke (left)
- Rauzerbach (left)
- Schleipe (right)
- Herzborn (left)
- Mattmecke (right)
- Jubach (right)
- Stubach (left)
- Kümecke (right)
- Hamecke (right)
- Altenlüdenscheider Bach (right)
- Kierspe (left)
- Siebecke (right)
In Halver
- Slumber
In Lüdenscheid, district of Bruges
- Mintenbecke (right)
- Elspe (right)
- Lösenbach (right)
- Linnepe
In Schalksmühle
In Hagen
Rummenohl
- Wilfesche Bach
- Death corner
- Selkinghauser Bach
priory
- Epscheider Bach (left)
- Stapelbach
Dahl
- Rumscheider Bach
- Asmecke
- Hemkerbach
Ambrock
- Hamper Bach
- Lifting platform
- Brunsbecke
- Lückhofer Bach
- Kuhweider Bach
- Buttenhagener Bach
Eilpe
- Selbecker Bach
- Buntebach
Hagen-Mitte
- Ennepe (left)
Boelerheide
- Malmkebach
use
In the pre-industrial age, numerous mills , hammer mills and scythe smiths were built along the river , which used the hydropower of this steadily flowing body of water via pre-ponds , on which the Brandenburg small iron industry of the 19th and 20th centuries was based.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
- ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
- ↑ German Hydrological Yearbook 2007 Volme / Eckesey ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Volme , Ruhr Association
Web links
- The level of the Volme ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Profile Volme (PDF file; 2.3 MB)