Daade

Daade
Location
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
Reference no.DE: 27228
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNot far from the Stegskopf in the High Westerwald (above Emmerzhausen)
 • coordinates50°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 features
ProgressionHeller→ 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:

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

  • Touristik-Information: Grubenwanderweg (PDF; 232 kB) „Vom Erz zum Eisen im Tal der Daade und Heller“
  • "Daade Quelle "Sonnenscheins – Börnchen"". Wällipedia. Retrieved 18 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)