Daade

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]

Daade
Location
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Reference no.	DE: 27228
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Not far from the Stegskopf in the High Westerwald (above Emmerzhausen)
• coordinates	50°42′24″N 8°01′29″E
• elevation	ca. 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
• elevation	ca. 196 m above sea level (NHN)
Length	16.029 km (9.960 mi)[1]
Basin size	53.283 km2 (20.573 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
Progression	Heller→ Sieg→ Rhine→ North Sea

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