Westerholter Bach

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Westerholter Bach
( Kirchbach )
Confluence of the Westerholter Bach (middle) and Schnakenbach (left) shortly before the confluence with the Ölbach

The confluence of the Westerholter Bach (middle) and Schnakenbach (left) shortly before the confluence with the Ölbach

Data
Water code DE : 312842
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Ems
Drain over Ölbach  → Wapelbach  → Dalke  → Ems  → North Sea
source Hirschquellen north of Stukenbrock
51 ° 55 ′ 20 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 45 ″  E
Source height approx.  160  m above sea level NN
muzzle In Stukenbrock in the Ölbach Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '40 "  N , 8 ° 39' 5"  E 51 ° 54 '40 "  N , 8 ° 39' 5"  E
Mouth height 128  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 32 m
Bottom slope approx. 20 ‰
length 1.6 km
Catchment area 5.683 km²
Right tributaries Schnakenbach
Communities Oerlinghausen , Holte-Stukenbrock Castle

The Westerholter Bach (also Kirchbach and according to the list of waters in the spelling Westerholterbach ) is an orographically right tributary of the Ölbach in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It has a length of 1.6 km.

River course

The Westerholter Bach arises in the Senne just on the district of Oerlinghausen as an outflow from a pond north of Stukenbrock. This pond is also traversed by the Schnakenbach , is also fed by a nameless body of water and is known as deer springs .

Following the flattening of the Teutoburg Forest , the Westerholter Bach flows off in a south-westerly direction and is dammed after a few hundred meters for the purpose of fish farming. After crossing the breeding facility, the water flows through the Stukenbrocker settlement area, picks up the Schnakenbach in a forest below the cemetery and flows into the Ölbach just a few meters further.

Differences in classification

Some maps trace the assumption that the section of the Schnakenbach between its upper course and Hirschquellen is the continuation of the Westerholter Bach. The name of the nature reserve through which the Schnakenbach flows in this area, "Dry valleys, box valleys and dunes of the upper Westerholter Bach", also refers to this interpretation. The official geospatial material does not support this system.

Web links

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 2006 ( Memento from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.03 MB)