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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).
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:
Emmerzhausen
Daaden (largest settlement on the Daade)
Biersdorf (part of Daaden)
Niederdreisbach
Schutzbach
Alsdorf
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
List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
References
External links
Touristik-Information: Grubenwanderweg (PDF; 232 kB) „Vom Erz zum Eisen im Tal der Daade und Heller“
"Daade Quelle "Sonnenscheins – Börnchen"". Wällipedia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2017.