Wenzbach

River in Munich
48°04′36″N 11°32′12″E / 48.07667°N 11.53667°E / 48.07667; 11.53667 Mouth 
 • coordinates
48°05′03″N 11°32′27″E / 48.08417°N 11.54083°E / 48.08417; 11.54083Length1 km (0.62 mi)

The Wenzbach (German, 'Wenz brook') is a small 1-kilometre-long (0.62 mi) river, which rises in the district of Großhesselohe in the municipality Pullach and in the neighboring district of Thalkirchen in southern Munich, which flows from the left into the Floßkanal.

History

Adolf Wenz (1840–1927),[1] namesake of the settlement and the stream, ran a clinker brick factory below the Großhesseloher Brücke.[2] In old mentions, the stream was therefore called Wenzscher Fabrikbach or simply Fabrikbach.[3]

On Thursday, 17 October 1946, US soldiers scattered the ashes of eleven cremated war criminals of the Nuremberg trials in the Wenzbach, a small tributary of the River Isar[4][5][6] to prevent the establishment of a permanent burial site which might be enshrined by nationalist groups.

References

  1. ^ Persönlichkeiten & Geschichte. Ehrenbürger unserer Gemeinde. In: pullach.de. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ Von der Gründung bis zum 1. Weltkrieg. In: feuerwehr-pullach.de. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ Dorle Gribl (2012). Solln und die Prinz Ludwigs-Höhe: Villen und ihre Bewohner. Mich: Volk Verlag. pp. 144, 193. ISBN 978-3-86222-043-4.
  4. ^ Darnstädt 2005, p. 128. sfn error: no target: CITEREFDarnstädt2005 (help)
  5. ^ Manvell & Fraenkel 2011, p. 393. sfn error: no target: CITEREFManvellFraenkel2011 (help)
  6. ^ Overy 2001, p. 205. sfn error: no target: CITEREFOvery2001 (help)

External links

  • Media related to Wenzbach at Wikimedia Commons