Attert (river)
| Attert | ||
 The Attert in Useldingen |
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| Data | ||
| location | Belgium | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Alzette → Sauer → Moselle → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | Spring pond at the Beller Mühle near Thiaumont, OT Hattert 49 ° 43 ′ 3 ″ N , 5 ° 44 ′ 32 ″ E |
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| Source height | 406 m | |
| muzzle | in Colmar-Berg in the Alzette Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '54 " N , 6 ° 5' 46" E 49 ° 48 '54 " N , 6 ° 5' 46" E |
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| Mouth height | 200 m | |
| Height difference | 206 m | |
| Bottom slope | 5.4 ‰ | |
| length | 38 km | |
| Catchment area | 299 km² | |
| Communities | Attert , Redingen , Useldingen , Böwingen / Attert , Bissen | |
The Attert (luxemb. Atert ) is a 38 kilometer long river that has its source in southeastern Belgium , but mostly flows through Luxembourg . It has a catchment area of approx. 299 km².
The source is located at around 406 meters above sea level near the eastern Belgian town of Thiaumont , a good 11 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital Arlon . The headwaters are on the southern edge of the Ardennes . The river runs in an easterly direction and shortly after the Belgian towns of Attert and Grendel it reaches the border with Luxembourg.
Larger places along the river are also Redingen , Useldingen (lux. Useldéng ), Böwingen / Attert and Bissen . At Colmar-Berg (lux. Kolmar-Bierg ) the Attert flows into the Alzette (lux. Uelzecht ) about four kilometers south of the city of Ettelbrück at an altitude of 200 meters .
Tributaries
- Drouattert ( left ), 1.5 miles
- Nobressart ( left ), 4.3 km
- Beyermillebaach ( Ruisseau de Beyermulhen ) ( right ), 0.6 km (with Lischert 2.9 km)
- Luchterbaach ( Ruisseau de Loucherterbach ) ( left ), 2.5 km
- Schlaimbaach ( Ruisseau de Schleimbach ) ( left ), 3.1 km
- Metzerterbaach ( Ruisseau de Metzerbach ) ( right ), 3.1 km
- Dreibaach ( Ruisseau de Thollenweyer ) ( left ), 0.8 km
- Peternelsflass ( right )
- Noutemerbaach ( Ruisseau de Nothomberbach ) ( left )
- Koulbich ( left ), 12 km
- Reitgesbaach ( right )
- Fraesbech ( left ), 7.0 km
- Pall ( right ), 9.4 km
- Roudbach ( left ), 6.1 km
- Schammicht ( left )
- Schwibech ( right ), (with Huewelerbach ) 11.0 km
- Griselgrond ( left )
- Aeschbech ( right ), 6.4 km
- Viichtbach ( left ), 6.3 km
- Tonnbaach ( right )
- Deiwelsbaach ( left )
- Buussbaach ( left )
- Rädelsbaach ( right )
- Schwaarzbaach ( left )
Fabulous
The legend of the Kropemann , a water spirit that is said to live in the Attert and draws unsuspecting victims into the river
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical map of the Belgian Netherlands and Luxembourg, Edition Ferraris (1777), sheet 202 (ARLON) ( Memento of the original dated August 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
