Wurm

For the river in Bavaria, see Würm.
For other uses, see Wurm (disambiguation).
Wurm
Zwei Mühlen on the Wurm between Schloss Rimburg (D) and the village of Rimburg (NL)
Location North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Reference no. DE: 2828
Length 57.0 km [1]
Source South of Aachen
50°44′15″N 6°05′16″E / 50.7374694°N 6.0877111°E / 50.7374694; 6.0877111Coordinates: 50°44′15″N 6°05′16″E / 50.7374694°N 6.0877111°E / 50.7374694; 6.0877111
Source height 265 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth North of Heinsberg into the Rur
51°05′52″N 6°06′23″E / 51.097722°N 6.106250°E / 51.097722; 6.106250
Mouth height 32 m above sea level (NN)
Descent 233 m
Basin Rhine
Progression Rur → Meuse → Hollands Diep → North Sea
Catchment 355.518 km² [1]
Cities Aachen
Large towns Geilenkirchen
Course of the Inde, Wurm and Rur

The River Wurm (Dutch: Worm) is a river in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. It rises in the Eifel mountains and flows for 57 kilometres before discharging into the River Rur.

Geography

The Wurm is a left (western) tributary of the River Rur (Roer River). The Rur becomes a tributary of the Meuse River.

The sources of the Wurm are several brooks in the forests southwest of Aachen, which form the Wurm after the Diepenbenden reservoir. From there the Wurm nowadays flows through canals through the city of Aachen, until it resurfaces at the Europaplatz in the east of Aachen. North of Aachen (between Kerkrade and Herzogenrath) the river forms the border with the Netherlands for approx. 10 km. It flows into the River Rur near Heinsberg.

Other towns on the river Wurm are Würselen, Übach-Palenberg and Geilenkirchen.

The name Wurm is thought to originate from the German word warm (same meaning in English), as the source brooks were fed from the thermal springs in Aachen.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Topographic Information Management, Cologne - NRW GEObasis Division (info)

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