The Schierenbeke is a left tributary of the
Große Aue, or Neuer Mühlenbach as it is known in its upper reaches in the German state of
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
. The stream lies entirely within the East Westphalian parish of
Rödinghausen
Rödinghausen is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Rödinghausen is situated on the southern slope of the Wiehengebirge, approx. 20 km north-west of Herford and 25 km north of Biel ...
in the district of
Herford.
Course
The Schierenbeke rises in
Schwenningdorf
Schwenningdorf is a village in the parish of Rödinghausen in the northeastern part of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1968 Schwenningdorf was an independent parish in the ''Amt'' of Rödinghausen. The village was first m ...
at a height of around . The river flows in a west-to-east direction south of and parallel to the
Wiehengebirge hills. In its upper reaches the stream runs through the ''Schierenbeke Nature Reserve''. The valley at the 1.0 kilometre point is known locally as the ''Wolfskammer'' ("Wolf's Chamber"). A left tributary of the Schierenbeke is the
Wehmerhorster Bach
The Wehmerhorster Bach is a stream in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany which rises on the Maschberg. It flows into the Schierenbeke near Rödinghausen.
See also
*List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
A list of rivers of North Rhine-Westpha ...
, which enters at kilometre 0.8. The Schierenbeke discharges into the Neuer Mühlenbach or Große Aue at a point 81.5 km up the Aue from its mouth. The confluence is at around .
''Beke'' or ''Biäke'' means ''Bach'' or 'stream' in the
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Nature
The Schierenbeeke nature reserve embraces the upper reaches of the Schierenbeke and a neighbouring stream and their valleys as well as the forested area at the ''Wolfskammer'' and has a total area of . The streams are classified as 'near-natural'. Their water quality of class I to II supports a large number of rare animal species. The boundary of the region is close to the nature reserves of
Wehmerhorster Wiesental and
Auebachtal.
See also
*
List of rivers in Ostwestfalen-Lippe
This list of rivers and streams in Ostwestfalen-Lippe contains a selection of the rivers, streams and lakes which lie wholly or partly in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL). The rivers are organised based on the Weser, Lippe and Ems river systems. In additio ...
References
External links
*{{Commons category-inline, Schierenbeke
Naturschutzgebiet Schierenbeke
Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rivers of Germany