wetland
Feuchtbiotop im Mühlbachtal
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In front of you is the uppermost of the former seven monastery ponds, which were possibly created as an additional water reservoir in the middle of the 18th century (note: the Rumbecker hammer went into operation in 1750). The water drainage system was destroyed by the Prussian forest administration after 1827 in order to gain additional space for wood production. For this purpose, the dams were pierced at that time.
The recent heavy rain events have eroded the opening of the main dam and the meandering effect of the stream on the side dam and thus severely damaged the substance of the archaeological monument. With the accompaniment and support of the lower landscape authority of the HSK, the association "Dorf und Kloster Rumbeck" secured and supplemented the attacked sections of the dam. The always active natural inflow from the western slope consists of several rivulets that emerge from the path body of the "Lehmweg" (on which you are standing).
Originally, the seepage water from the hillside was collected in channels from the springs on the mountain side and fed to the pond via the main collection ditch (behind you). For this purpose, the path, which was still very wet 250 - 300 years ago, was crossed under with RIGOLEN and drained at the same time. The trenches are small channels in the clay layer, which were made with hand-laid stone slabs and kept a cavity open. When the tributaries, which had previously only seeped, were opened up by the heavy rain, the outlet of such a trench was discovered by chance.
The collection system on the mountain side is hardly functional due to the humus overburden of the ditches. The spring water, which nonetheless seeps down, apparently presses into the layer of humus lying under the path and buried about 150 years ago, which initially absorbs the water like a sponge and transports it lengthwise in the direction of the path. It emerges again at the old trenches and runs towards the pond.
In front of you is a contemporary wet biotope that has been optimized with manageable effort and will enrich the fauna of the Mühlbachtal in the future.
In front of you is the uppermost of the former seven monastery ponds, which were possibly created as an additional water reservoir in the middle of the 18th century (note: the Rumbecker hammer went into operation in 1750). The water drainage system was destroyed by the Prussian forest administration after 1827 in order to gain additional space for wood production. For this purpose, the dams were pierced at that time.
The recent heavy rain events have eroded the opening of the main dam and the meandering effect of the stream on the side dam and thus severely damaged the substance of the archaeological monument. With the accompaniment and support of the lower landscape authority of the HSK, the association "Dorf und Kloster Rumbeck" secured and supplemented the attacked sections of the dam. The always active natural inflow from the western slope consists of several rivulets that emerge from the path body of the "Lehmweg" (on which you are standing).
The Lehmweg was a connecting route from Rumbeck to Hellefeld (still in 1803). The wetness here presented a problem for traffic, which was believed to be solved with a dam with sticks (the sticks are still partly there). The traffic problems caused by insufficient fortification later led to the rerouting of the connection (before 1827 diagonally uphill from the Forsthaus).
The collection system on the mountain side is hardly functional due to the humus overburden of the ditches. The spring water, which nonetheless seeps down, apparently presses into the layer of humus lying under the path and buried about 150 years ago, which initially absorbs the water like a sponge and transports it lengthwise in the direction of the path. It emerges again at the old trenches and runs towards the pond.
In front of you is a contemporary wet biotope that has been optimized with manageable effort and will enrich the fauna of the Mühlbachtal in the future.
location of the wetland
Photo: Steffi Juergens