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Kranenbach
The Kranenbach is an orographically right-hand tributary of the Schwalm (Meuse), Schwalm in the Niederrhein (region), Lower Rhine county of Kreis Viersen, Viersen. Its source is in the vicinity of Vennbachhof near Ungerath (in the municipality of Schwalmtal (Niederrhein), Schwalmtal) at a height of around . The stream has a length of just under 9.5 kilometres and empties into the Schwalm by the mill of Borner Mühle at a height of about .. The Kranenbach picks up the waters of the Haversloher Bach (1.5 kilometres long), the Heidweiher Bach (1.5 kilometres long), the Vogelsrather Bach (1.7 kilometres long), the Schageher Bach (1.4 kilometres long) and the Berggraben which has a length of 2.3 kilometres. The Kranenbach was canalized in the years 1925/26. Its care and maintenance is the responsibility of the Schwalmverband, which has its head office in Brüggen, Germany, Brüggen.{{cite web , url=http://www.schwalmverband.de/ , title=Home , website=schwalmverband.de Mills There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldniel
Waldniel is a village, part of the municipality Schwalmtal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Schwalmtal in the district Viersen (district), Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has 11,750 inhabitants (December 2020). History The first humans lived at the location of the modern Waldniel in the neolithic (2000 v. Chr.) In 1020, this place was first mentioned in a document. Geography The Kranenbach flows through Waldniel. Notable residents * Albin Windhausen (1863–1946), painter * Josef Windhausen (1888–1946), local politician (Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU) * Heinz Küppenbender (1901–1989), manager * Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber (1907–1975), sculptor, painter and Drawing, draughtsman * Ernst van Aaken (1910–1984), sports physician and trainer * Rudi Fuesers (1928–2010), trombonist of modern jazz * Herbert Dörenberg (born 1945), Manager (association football), football coach and former professional footballer * Stefan Berger (politician), Stefan Berger (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwalm (Meuse)
The Schwalm (German) or Swalm ( Dutch), is a small river in Germany and the Netherlands, tributary to the river Meuse. Its source is near Wegberg, in the district Heinsberg, south-west of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). The Schwalm flows through Wegberg and Brüggen before flowing into the Meuse across the border with the Netherlands, in Swalmen. Its total length is 45 km. Sources The original source region has since become an area of carr with poor water quality. The water of the Schwalm comes mainly from ''Rheinbraun's'' waste water pits. This brown coal open cast mine is required to feed the waste water into the surface water. Otherwise it would fill the mine, which is up to 230 metres deep.This is achieved by means of shafts (''Schlitzschächten'') through which the water flows back into the groundwater. If it were not for these shafts, the rivers Niers and Schwalm would long since have dried up. This would also destroy the mixed alder and as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Mill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of many material goods, including flour, lumber, paper, textiles, and many metal products. These watermills may comprise gristmills, sawmills, paper mills, textile mills, hammermills, trip hammering mills, rolling mills, wire drawing mills. One major way to classify watermills is by wheel orientation (vertical or horizontal), one powered by a vertical waterwheel through a gear mechanism, and the other equipped with a horizontal waterwheel without such a mechanism. The former type can be further divided, depending on where the water hits the wheel paddles, into undershot, overshot, breastshot and pitchback (backshot or reverse shot) waterwheel mills. Another way to classify water mills is by an essential trait about their location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brüggen, Germany
Brüggen is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Schwalm, approx. 15 km south of Venlo and 20 km north-west of Mönchengladbach. Division of the town Brüggen consists of 3 subdivisions * Brüggen * Born * Bracht Mayors * Frank Gellen (CDU): since 2014 * Gerhard Gottwald: 1989–2014 Sights * Brüggen Castle * Natural History Museum (''Naturkundemuseum''): since 1979 Brüggen Castle has been home to a regional hunting and natural history museum with a nature park information point. * ''Schwalmpforte'', a former town gate * St. Nicholas' Church * Old Abbey of the Knights of the Cross (''Kreuzherrenkloster'') * Born Mill ''(Borner Mühle'') * Brüggen Mill (''Brüggener Mühle'') * Schloss Dilborn * Old toll house with ''Rentei'' (~treasury) * Nature and Wildlife Park (''Natur und Tierpark Brüggen'') * New Jewish Cemetery * Old Jewish Cemetery Climate Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niederrhein (region)
Niederrhein may refer to: *Lower Rhine, the northernmost German section of the river Rhine *Lower Rhine region, a region around the Lower Rhine section of the river Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *Niederrhein Airport or Weeze Airport, airport near Weeze in the Lower Rhine region of Germany *"Niederrhein", a 1990 song by Austrian musician Herwig Mitteregger Herwig Rudolf Mitteregger (born September 6, 1953) is an Austrian musician. He became known with the Nina Hagen Band, where he played drums and percussions. He lives in Hamburg, Germany. He was also a member of German rock band Spliff. After t ... {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreis Viersen
Viersen () is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Cleves, Wesel, district-free Krefeld, Neuss, district-free Mönchengladbach, Heinsberg and the Dutch province of Limburg. History In 1816, the new Prussian government created the district of ''Kempen''. Originally belonging to the Regierungsbezirk Kleve which was dissolved in 1822, Kempen has since then belonged to Düsseldorf. In 1929 the district was enlarged significantly and renamed ''Kempen-Krefeld''. In 1975 the district again changed its borders and was renamed ''Viersen'' even though Kempen remained the capital. Viersen city replaced Kempen as the capital in 1984. Twin Cities The district Viersen has been twinned with Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom since 1983. Geography The district is located in the lowlands between the rivers Rhine and Meuse. The highest elevation is at ''Süchtelner Höhen'' with , whereas the lowest is at ''Pielbruch'' with . Coat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
