The Prüm () is a river in
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
,
Germany
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, left tributary of the
Sauer
The Sauer ( German and Luxembourgish, , ) or Sûre (French, ) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. A left tributary of the Moselle, its total length is .
Rising near Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes in southeastern Belgium, the Sauer ...
.
Its total length is , and its basin area is .
Geoportal Rheinland-Pfalz
/ref> The Prüm rises in the Schneifel hills, north of the town of Prüm
Prüm () is a town in the Westeifel (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. Formerly a district capital, today it is the administrative seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Prüm.
Geography
Prüm lies on the river Prüm (a tri ...
, close to the border with Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
. It flows southward through Prüm, Waxweiler, Holsthum
Holsthum is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Sights
* Roman villa
* Schloss Holsthum
* St. Rochus Chapel
* Old glassworks
* Military cemetery
A war grave is a burial place for mem ...
, and Irrel
Irrel is a municipality in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, near the border with Luxembourg, at the confluence of the rivers Prüm and Nims. It is located approximately 15 km south-wes ...
. The Prüm discharges to the Sauer in Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of ...
, on the border with Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...
, three kilometres east of Echternach
Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in ...
. The largest tributary of the Prüm is the Nims.
Catchment and tributaries
The catchment
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, th ...
of the Prüm is in area. The largest tributaries of the Prüm are (l = left bank (dark blue), r = right bank (light blue)):
* Mehlenbach (r), , before Watzerath
* Mönbach (r), , after Watzerath
* Alfbach (r), , near Pronsfeld
Pronsfeld is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Economy and infrastructure
Pronsfeld is the location of the head office of MUH Arla, the largest UHT milk
Ultra-high temperature proces ...
* Bierbach (r), , after Pronsfeld
* Echtersbach (r), , before Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
* Enz (r), , in Holsthum
Holsthum is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Sights
* Roman villa
* Schloss Holsthum
* St. Rochus Chapel
* Old glassworks
* Military cemetery
A war grave is a burial place for mem ...
* Nims (l), , at Irrel
Irrel is a municipality in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, near the border with Luxembourg, at the confluence of the rivers Prüm and Nims. It is located approximately 15 km south-wes ...
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See also
* List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
References
[Combined gauge data from Prümzurlay on the Prüm an]
Alsdorf-Oberecken
on its confluence with the Nims, increased by the remaining catchment area (51.2 km²) with a (low estimate) Mq of 10 L/s km²
Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rivers of the Eifel
Rivers of Germany
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