Selbach (Flehbach)
A stream running entirely through the Königsforst nature reserve, flowing roughly five kilometres before joining the Flehbach opposite the Erkermühle mill.
The Selbach is a woodland stream some five kilometres long that runs entirely through the Königsforst on the eastern edge of Cologne. North of Rath/Heumar, opposite the Erkermühle, it comes to an end in the Flehbach.
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At a glance
- Type
- Stream in the Königsforst
- Length
- roughly five kilometres
- Source
- western slope of the Mergelsberg, on Bergisch Gladbach's municipal territory west of Forsbach (Rösrath)
- Mouth
- joins the Flehbach from the left, opposite the Erkermühle
- District
- Brück (Kalk borough)
- Location of the mouth
- north of the Cologne district of Rath/Heumar
- Protected status
- protected landscape feature under the number LB 8.08
- Natural setting
- Königsforst nature reserve
Source and nature conservation
The Selbach rises on the western slope of the Mergelsberg — not yet on Cologne soil, but within the municipal area of Bergisch Gladbach, west of Forsbach, a district of Rösrath. From there on the stream stays inside the Königsforst, whose woodlands are designated as a nature reserve.
The stream itself enjoys protection of its own on top of that: it is listed under the number LB 8.08 as a protected landscape feature.
Course and mouth
From the Mergelsberg the Selbach first flows westwards until it almost reaches the north-eastern corner of Rath's built-up fringe. There it turns away and skirts the northern edge of the settlement towards the Mauspfad.
Along its final stretch it runs north alongside that road. Opposite the Erkermühle, north of Rath/Heumar, it finally joins the Flehbach from the left.
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