Pau (also: Paubach) is a small river of

Aachen Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is locat ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

, Germany. It it is 4.1 km long and flows into the Wurm (Rur), Wurm as a left tributary.

History

The Johannisbach is one of the three historic streams of the medieval city of Aachen. The Johannisbach (Aachen), Johannisbach was used for the disposal of wastewater, while the Pau was diverted to serve as the source of fresh water. The Paunell was what remained in the former course of the diverted Pau.

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Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Rivers of Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-river-stub

History

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