List of tributaries of the Lahn

History map of Lahn

The following list contains a selection of tributaries of the Lahn with orographic allocation (l = left side, r = right side), length in kilometers (km) and size of the catchment area in square kilometers (km²) - arranged downstream and divided according to the counties through which it flows :

District of Siegen-Wittgenstein , NW :

(l) Ilm (2.0 km, 1.9 km²)
(l) Großenbach (1.7 km)
(l) Ahbach ( Abach ; 3.4 km, 4.0 km²)
(l) Eltershauser Bach (2.8 km, 2.8 km²)
(l) Dreisbach (1.6 km)
(r) Auerbach (2.3 km, 2.2 km²)
(l) Feudinge (main OL Rüppersbach , next to Laxbach ; 6.3 km, 21.2 km²)
(r) Ilse (8.4 km, 11.8 km²)
(l) Welschebach (3.3 km, 2.3 km²)
(r) Wahlbach (0.9 km)
(l) Enderbach (2.2 km, 2.3 km²)
(r) Banfe (11.5 km, 38.9 km²)
(r) Wabach (4.55 km, 5.6 km²)
(l) Laasphe (8.35 km, 19.6 km²)
(l) Kalteborn (2.2 km)
(l) Puderbach (6.2 km, 9.4 km²)

Above to below the mouth of the Puderbach, the Lahn is a border river for a 400 m short section; the right bank is there already in the following district MR.

District of Marburg-Biedenkopf , HE

(r) Perf (19.95 km, 113.1 km²)
(l) Hainbach I (5.5 km, 9.3 km²)
(r) Roßbach (3.8 km)
(l) Weifenbach (4.2 km, 7.7 km²)
(l) Hainbach II (4.4 km, 5.5 km²)
(r) Martinsbach (3.6 km, 6.1 km²)
(l) Mußbach (4.9 km, 4.0 km²)
(r) Dautphe (8.8 km, 41.8 km²)
(r) Allbach (3.0 km)
(l) Katzenbach (4.7 km, 6.5 km²)
(l) Ellenbach (3.6 km)
(l) Lauterbach (2.4 km)
(r) Elmshäuser Bach (3.2 km)
(l) Warzenbach (5.1 km, 8.5 km²)
(r) Kernbach (2.7 km)
(r) Michelbach (2.7 km, 6.2 km²)
(l) Rodenbach (4.3 km)
(l) Wetschaft (29.0 km, 169.2 km²)
(l) Ohm (59.7 km, 983.8 km²)
(l) Zahlbach (2.6 km)
(l) Pfaffengrundbach (4.4 km, 4.7 km²)
(l) Hilgerbach ( Bortshäuser Bach ; 2.5 km, 9.0 km²)
(r) Allna (19.1 km, 92.0 km²)
(r) Wenkbach (6.4 km, 8.4 km²; in Par-Allna )
(r) Walgerbach (7.8 km, 12.4 km²; in Par-Allna )
(l) Zwester Ohm (20.0 km, 69.5 km²)

Just above the mouth of the salt edema, the Lahn is a 1.8 km long section of the border river between MR (right) and GI (left); the left-hand side 2583394 already flows into GI, while the later right-side tributaries 2583396 and 2583398 are still in MR.

District of Giessen , HE

(r) Salzböde (27.6 km, 137.8 km²)
(l) Tiefenbach (3.4 km, 4.9 km²)
(l) Lumda (30.0 km, 131.5 km²)
(r) Wißmarbach (6.2 km, 10.4 km²)
(r) Gleibach (7.7 km, 7.5 km²)
(l) Wieseck (24.3 km, 119.6 km²)
(r) Fohnbach ( Kropbach ; 12.0 km, 13.5 km²)
(r) Bieber (13.6 km, 34.7 km²)
(l) Kleebach (27.1 km, 164.6 km²)

The Kleebach is already the border river to the district of LDK; below its mouth, the Lahn is a 400 m short section of the border river between GI (right) and LDK (left), but there are no tributaries here.

Lahn-Dill District , HE

(l) Welschbach (7.5 km, 12.1 km²)
(r) Schwalbenbach ( Atzbach ; 9.5 km, 12.8 km²)
(r) Metzebach (5.1 km)
(l) Wetzbach (11.8 km, 32.9 km²)
(r) Dill (55.0 km, 717.7 km²)
(r) Oberbieler Grundbach (3.5 km, 7.7 km²)
(l) Solmsbach (24.6 km, 112.5 km²)
(l) Iserbach ( Möttbach ; 19.2 km, 31.2 km²)
(r) Leuner Bach (3.9 km, 5.0 km²)
(r) Helgenbach (3.5 km, 5.0 km²)
(l) Tiefenbach ( Lindelbach ; 5.5 km, 11.0 km²)
(r) Ulmbach (22.9 km, 60.9 km²)

Below the mouth of the Ulmbach, the Lahn is a border river for around 800 m between the LDK (right) and LM (left); however there are no tributaries here.

District of Limburg-Weilburg , HE

(r) Kallenbach (14.6 km, 84.7 km²)
(r) Worstbach (3.0 km)
(l) Grundbach (7.0 km, 13.4 km²)
(r) Walderbach (3.7 km, 4.8 km²)
(l) Weil (46.6 km, 247.9 km²)
(r) Odersbach (1.7 km, 3.0 km²)
(l) Schottenbach (2.0 km, 1.8 km²)
(l) Leistenbach (4.0 km, 6.6 km²)
(r) Seelbach (3.4 km, 2.7 km²)
(l) Villmarbach (2.5 km, 3.0 km²)
(l) Lower Ansbach (1.2 km)
(r) Kerkerbach (20.7 km, 70.2 km²)
(r) Tiefenbach (8.5 km, 15.5 km²)
(r) Dehrner Bach (3.7 km, 5.0 km²)
(l) Emsbach (39.1 km, 321.8 km²)
(l) Kasselbach ( Linterbach ; 5.5 km, 7.4 km²)
(r) Elbbach (40.7 km, 323.7 km²)

Below the mouth of the Elbbach, the Lahn is a 450 m short section of the border river between LM (left) and EMS (right); here, however, no tributaries flow to it.

Rhein-Lahn district , RP :

(r) Hambach (6.3 km, 11.6 km²)
(r) Heistenbach (4.7 km, 5.2 km²)
(l) Aar (49.7 km, 312.6 km²)
(r) Langenbach (approx. 2.7 km)
(l) Reiserbach (2.2 km, 2.1 km²)
(r) Daubach (4.8 km, 8.0 km²)
(l) Schaumburgerbach (3.2 km, 5.7 km²)
(r) Schroarbach (2.6 km, 2.7 km²)
(r) Kiesbach (3.0 km, 2.6 km²)
(l) Rupbach (6.8 km, 28.0 km²)
(r) Waselbach (4.3 km, 6.4 km²)
(l) Dörsbach (32.0 km, 114.0 km²)
(r) Gelbach (39.7 km, 221.2 km²)
(r) Kallbach ( Kalterbach ; r, 5.4 km)
(l) Mühlbach (32.1 km, 171.9 km²)
(r) Neuzenbach (1.8 km)
(r) Unterbach (5.3 km, 11.2 km²)
(l) Rullsbach (1.5 km, 1.1 km²)
(l) Wiesbach (2.0 km, 2.1 km²)
(l) Braunebach (3.5 km, 3.3 km²)
(r) Emsbach (11.5 km, 29.4 km²)
(r) Fachbach (4.1 km, 3.5 km²)
(l) Schweizertalbach (2.5 km, 3.0 km²)
(l) Erzbach (3.4 km, 4.9 km²)
(r) Ruppertsklamm (1.9 km, 2.1 km²)

Individual evidence

[DE-NW_TIM-1] Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )

[WRRL-2] Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

[WWV_RP-3] Rhineland-Palatinate water management administration

List of tributaries of the Lahn

See also

Individual evidence