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Kuttenbach
The Kuttenbach is a 5.3 kilometre-long, orographically left-hand tributary of the Urft (river), Urft in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the municipality of Kall, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kall. Geography The Kuttenbach rises north of Krekel (Kall), Krekel at a height of in the Naturschutzgebiet, nature reserve of the ''Sistiger Heide'', which is also called Krekel Heath (‘’Krekeler Heide’’). From here on the stream flows constantly northeastwards and, after a short distance, reaches the village of Diefenbach (Kall), Diefenbach. Its valley then separates the villages of Gillenberg on the right and Steinfelderheistert on the left. Soon is slopes become wooded and, on the right, is the nature reserve of ''Laubwald am Kuttenbach'' below the village of Steinfeld (Kall), Steinfeld with Steinfeld Abbey on the upper step of the hillside. The stream finally empties from the left into the Urft (river), Urft between the villages of Urft and Sötenich at river kilometre 22.3. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urft (river)
The Urft is a right-hand tributary of the Rur in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It flows through the village of Urft in the municipality of Kall. The Urft rises in the North Eifel region of the Eifel Mountains. Origin of the name The name of the Urft is derived from ''Urd-apa''. The origin of the word ''Urd'' is unknown, but ''apa'' is Celtic and means "stream". In 1075, the Urft was called the ''Urdefa'', in 1419 the ''Orfft'' and, in 1503, the ''Oyrfft''. The village of Urft takes its name from the river. Course The Urft rises in the North Eifel in the High Fens-Eifel Nature Park. Its source is in the Dahlem Forest (''Dahlemer Wald''), west of the Dahlem village of Schmidtheim and (both as the crow flies) northwest of Dahlemer Binz Airfield. The Urft initially flows through Schmidtheim. From there it is accompanied by the Eifel Line and joined by the Dänenbach stream. It then flows through the village of Blankenheim-Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eifel
The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The Eifel is part of the Rhenish Massif; within its northern portions lies the Eifel National Park. Geography Location The Eifel lies between the cities of Aachen to the north, Trier to the south and Koblenz to the east. It descends in the northeast along a line from Aachen via Düren to Bonn into the Lower Rhine Bay. In the east and south it is bounded by the valleys of the Rhine and the Moselle. To the west it transitions in Belgium and Luxembourg into the geologically related Ardennes and the Luxembourg Ösling. In the north it is limited by the Jülich-Zülpicher Börde. Within Germany it lies within the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia; in the Benelux the area of Eupen, St. Vith and Luxembourg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of . It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and Czechia to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in what is now Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diefenbach (Kall)
Diefenbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The municipality lies at the edge of the Eifel on the river Demichbach in a side valley of the river Alf. The municipal area is 63% wooded. The nearest middle centre is Wittlich to the south. Diefenbach belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach. History Beginning in 1794, Diefenbach lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Politics The municipal council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Economy and infrastructure To the west runs the Autobahn A 1. In Ürzig is a railway sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of North Rhine-Westphalia
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinfeld Abbey
Steinfeld Abbey (''Kloster Steinfeld'') is a former Premonstratensian monastery, now a Salvatorian convent, with an important basilica, in Steinfeld in Kall, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History The origins of the site go back to about 920. The first monastic settlement at Steinfeld took place in about 1070, and the Premonstratensians settled here in 1130. It became an important monastery in the German Empire, and established a number of daughter houses across Europe, including Strahov Abbey in Prague. It was raised to the status of an abbey in 1184. In 1802, Steinfeld Abbey was secularised. The basilica was put to use as a parish church, while the conventual buildings were used for a number of secular purposes until 1923, when the Salvatorians acquired them. Basilica The basilica, formerly the abbey church, was built between 1142 and 1150 by the Premonstratensians as one of the earliest vaulted churches in Germany. The present structure includes features from a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinfeld (Kall)
Steinfeld is a name of German origin, meaning "stone field". A variant spelling is Steinfeldt. It may refer to: Places Germany *Steinfeld, Bavaria, a town in the district of Main-Spessart, Bavaria *Steinfeld, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the district of Vechta, Lower Saxony *Steinfeld, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in the district of Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern *Raben Steinfeld, a municipality in the district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern *Steinfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in the district Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate *Steinfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany *Steinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany Austria *Steinfeld, Austria, a municipality in Carinthia in Austria Australia * Steinfeld, South Australia, also known as Stonefield People *Franz Steinfeld (1787–1868), Austrian painter *Hailee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naturschutzgebiet
A ''Naturschutzgebiet'' (abbreviated NSG) is a category of protected area (nature reserve) within Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (the ''Bundesnaturschutzgesetz'' or ''BNatSchG''). Although often translated as 'Nature Reserve' in English, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) refers to them as 'Nature Conservation Areas'. It meets the criteria of an IUCN Category IV Habitat and Species Management Area.https://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/themen/gebietsschutz/IUCN_Kat_Schutzgeb_Richtl_web.pdf Document of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation of Germany Points of law The use of the term ''Naturschutzgebiet'' or terms that could be confused with it for anything other than the legally protected areas is forbidden under this law. Signage Because legal restrictions are placed on activity within German nature reserves they have to be signed on the ground. Only by this means can e.g. walkers know that they are entering a nature reserve and may not e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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