Bowerre
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The Bowerre is a former branch of the river Werre in the centre of the town of Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Bowerre formed the border between the Altstadt ("old town") and Neustadt ("new town") until the 1960s.
It was the site of a linen mill from the 13th century until 1972, when the old course of the Werre was filled in, partly due to poor water quality.[1] Filling in the Bowerre was controversial at the time, and later caused the groundwater level to sink in the town, which still causes ground instability today.[1]
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[edit]- ^ a b "Linnenbauerplatz". entdecke.dein-nrw.de. Touristikgemeinschaft Wittekindsland Herford e.V. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
52°07′04″N 8°40′04″E / 52.11778°N 8.66778°E