Furlbach an der Eselheide - Sennebäche in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

The forest is also the namesake of this watercourse. The pine tree, the most common tree species in the forests of the Senne, used to be called Forle or Furle.
The 14.6-kilometre-long Sennebach - a right tributary of the upper Ems - has its source in the adjacent Augustdorf in a spring moor. There, the water emerges from the ground in numerous places before the small rivulets at the edge of the spring area merge to form the Furlbach. The ruins of the Tütgemühle, a former watermill, bear witness to the fact that a sizeable stream quickly developed here. On its way through Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, the Furtbach, which also comes from Augustdorf, and the Bärenbach, which comes from the Senne military training area, join the Furlbach before it is dammed up at the Fockelmühle to form a fish pond.
The Furlbach leaves Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock - now in the form of a stream again - after passing the Sennesee, a large former sand pit. It then continues in the neighboring Hövelhof. There, too, it is dammed up again to form a fish pond and then flows in its original form through the Koldingsheide, an old border heath of the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn and the County of Rietberg. Its path finally ends in the town of Delbrück. Here, the Furlbach is diverted via an old sluice structure before flowing into the Ems shortly afterwards.

You can hike directly along the banks of the stream on the "Romantic Furlbach Valley" trail, which has been certified as a nature tour by the German Hiking Association. The tour starts at Mittweg. From there, you walk through the varied forest, sometimes right by the water, sometimes ten meters above the bank.
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