Nordbach
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| Mündung des Nordbaches in die Große Aue | |
| Location | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Length | 1.7 km[1] |
| Source | In Schwenningdorf 52°14′51″N 8°30′23″E / 52.24750°N 8.50639°ECoordinates: 52°14′51″N 8°30′23″E / 52.24750°N 8.50639°E |
| Source height | 120 m above sea level (NN) [1] |
| Mouth | In Schwenningdorf into the Große Aue 52°15′11″N 8°31′44″E / 52.25306°N 8.52889°E |
| Mouth height | 91 m above sea level (NN) [1] |
| Descent | 29 m |
| Basin | Weser |
| Catchment | <10 km²[1] |
| Villages | Rödinghausen |
The Nordbach is a 1.7 kilometre long, left tributary of the Große Aue in East Westphalian Rödinghausen in the district of Herford in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Nordbach stream rises at a height of 120 m above sea level (NN) in Schwenningdorf. It discharges into the Große Aue, or Neuer Mühlenbach as it is known in its upper reaches, at a point 82.7 kilometres up the Aue from its mouth. Their confluence is at 91 m above NN and the stream descends a total of 29 metres.
Swimming pool
Old open-air pool
The Nordbach fed the first natural open-air pool in the parish of Rödinghausen. Its basin is used as a fish pond today.