Daade

River in Germany
50°42′24″N 8°01′29″E / 50.706704°N 8.024584°E / 50.706704; 8.024584 • elevationca. 574 m above sea level (NHN) Mouth 
 • location
On the eastern edge of Alsdorf into the Heller
 • coordinates
50°46′54″N 7°53′34″E / 50.781774°N 7.892868°E / 50.781774; 7.892868
 • elevation
ca. 196 m above sea level (NHN)Length16.029 km (9.960 mi)[1]Basin size53.283 km2 (20.573 sq mi)[1]Basin featuresProgressionHeller→ Sieg→ Rhine→ North Sea

The Daade (also called the Daadenbach) is the largest tributary of the River Heller, in the district of Altenkirchen in the northeast of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It flows through the northeastern part of the Westerwald. It is 16.027 kilometres (9.959 mi) long and has a catchment area of 53.28 km2 (20.57 sq mi).[2]

The Daade Valley Railway runs along the Daade from Daaden via Alsdorf to Betzdorf, on the main line from Cologne to Siegen.

Villages

The villages on the Daade are:

  • Emmerzhausen
  • Daaden (largest settlement on the Daade)
  • Biersdorf (part of Daaden)
  • Niederdreisbach
  • Schutzbach
  • Alsdorf

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Daade (in downstream order) are the:

  • Derscherbach (left, 3.9 km, 9.3 km²) (GKZ 272282)
  • Birenbach (right, 2.0 km, 2.3 km²) (GKZ 2722832)
  • Friedewalderbach (left, 4.9 km, 8.1 km²) (GKZ 272284)
  • Dreisbach (left, 5.6 km, 8.4 km²) (GKZ 272286)
  • Schutzbach (left, 3.1 km, 3.6 km²) (GKZ 272288)

All left tributaries have their sources on the Neunkhausen-Weitefeld Plateau, but cut deep valleys in the Heller Upland.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
  2. ^ Verzeichnis der Fließgewässer Niederrhein (pdf; 126 kB)
  • Touristik-Information: Grubenwanderweg (PDF; 232 kB) „Vom Erz zum Eisen im Tal der Daade und Heller“
  • "Daade Quelle "Sonnenscheins – Börnchen"". Wällipedia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2017.