Kranenbach

Kranenbach
Millpond of the Hausermühle mill
Location Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Reference no. DE: 2848
Length 9.463 km [1]
Source By the Vennbachhof near Ungerath (Schwalmtal)
51°11′04″N 6°17′14″E / 51.18444°N 6.28722°E / 51.18444; 6.28722Coordinates: 51°11′04″N 6°17′14″E / 51.18444°N 6.28722°E / 51.18444; 6.28722
Source height ca. 60 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth By the Borner Mühle into the Schwalm
51°14′29″N 6°12′12″E / 51.24139°N 6.20333°E / 51.24139; 6.20333
Mouth height ca. 40 m above sea level (NN)
Descent ca. 20 m
Basin Rhine
Progression Schwalm → Meuse → Hollands Diep → North Sea
Catchment 48.917 km² [1]

The Kranenbach is an orographically right-hand tributary of the Schwalm in the Lower Rhine county of Viersen.

Its source is in the vicinity of Vennbachhof near Ungerath (in the municipality of Schwalmtal) at a height of around 60 m above NN. 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 40 m above NN.. 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.[2]

Mills

There are a number of former water mills on the Kranenbach:

References

  1. 1 2 Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW (PDF; 1,1 MB)
  2. ↑ http://www.schwalmverband.de/
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