The Adenauer Bach is a right-hand, southern tributary of the
Ahr
Ahr () is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After it crosses fro ...
, just under 16 kilometres long. It flows through
Adenau in the county of
Ahrweiler
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler () is a spa town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district. The A61 motorway connects the town with cities like Cologne and Mainz. Formed by the merging of the ...
in the German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate.
Geography
Course
In its upper reaches the Adenauer Bach is known as the ''Breidscheider Bach''
and it rises about a kilometre south of
Quiddelbach
Quiddelbach is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located within the Nürburgring Nordschleife
The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhinela ...
at an elevation of ca. . It flows in a northeasterly direction to
Breidscheid
Breidscheid is a quarter (''Stadtteil'') of Adenau, having been part of the town since 1 October 1952; before that, it was an independent municipality. In addition to Nürburg, Quiddelbach and Herschbroich, Breidscheid is one of four places that a ...
on the
Nordschleife of the
Nürburgring
The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Formula One, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around t ...
motor racing track. From there it bears the name of Adenauer Bach.
[Because the name change is associated with its confluence with the Elmigsbach, in most publications it is also referred to as the left-hand, and western headstream, while the Breidscheider Bach is seen as the right-hand and eastern headstream. In this article the Breidscheider Bach is viewed as the upper reaches of the river, in order to enable the use of all data from the Geoexplorer of Rhineland-Palatinate's Water Management Administration (e. g. the length of the river).]
It then flows in a westerly direction, mostly in pipes, through the town of Adenau and then heads north, passing the villages of
Leimbach and
Niederadenau (part of
Dümpelfeld
Dümpelfeld is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe aft ...
). In Dümpelfeld it discharges from the right into the
Rhine tributary, the
Ahr
Ahr () is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After it crosses fro ...
at about 209 m.
Catchment and tributaries
The catchment area is 58.5 km²
and drains via the Ahr and Rhine into the
North Sea.
Among the tributaries of the Adenauer Bach are the following (in downstream order):
Remarks
References
External links
AW Wiki – Adenauer BachÜberschwemmungsgebiet Adenauer Bach
Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rivers of the Eifel
Ahrweiler (district)
Rivers of Germany