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Hermannsquelle Waterworks

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Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Kürten

Hermannsquelle Waterworks

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Hermannsquelle Waterworks

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Location: Kürten, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Walker

May 20, 2025

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Just 100 years ago, almost every farm in the Bergisches Land region had its own well or spring. Due to the lack of connection to the general water network, years of drought, and the simultaneous increase in water demand in Kürten-Kohlgrube, a water cooperative was formed that privately financed the construction of the Hermannsquelle water supply facility. The Hermannsquelle water supply facility was built in 1973 and is named after Hermann Breidenbach (1900-1982). With the help of a divining rod, he found the optimal location where the well and pump house stand today.

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Isi-Sicilia

May 29, 2025

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According to the sign, this small private waterworks was built in 1973 during a severe water shortage. A local resident named Hermann Breidenbach discovered water veins 5 meters deep using a dowsing rod. The small waterworks was named "Hermannsquelle" after him. It still supplies 12 households in the Hermannsquelle water community today. All work on the pumping system and the pipe network was done by volunteers. A successful example of a citizens' initiative.

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