Once upon a time, the Strunder Bach must actually have been a "raging brook", since at its best it powered more than 40 mills. Numerous witnesses from this past can still be found today in the city of Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine.

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"A small stream in the Bergisches Land was once "the busiest stream in Germany"
The Strunde - actually an inconspicuous, small watercourse - became an important development center in the region due to various factors in the natural environment. These include a large catchment area of the water, sufficient amounts of precipitation in the Bergisches Land and a special geological subsoil that supplies large amounts of water underground to the numerous sources..."
(Anne Hentrich, LVR Environment Department, 2011)

CONTINUATION:
➜ Geology of the Strundetal
➜ Economic significance of the hour
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