Rahmede

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Rahmede
Rahmede in Mühlenrahmede

Rahmede in Mühlenrahmede

Data
Water code DE : 276692
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Lenne  → Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source In Lüdenscheid
51 ° 13 ′ 41 ″  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 35 ″  E
Source height approx.  400  m above sea level NN
muzzle Near the Stone Bridge in Altena in the Lenne Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 16 ″  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 43 ″  E 51 ° 17 ′ 16 ″  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 43 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  161  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 239 m
Bottom slope approx. 21 ‰
length 11.7 km
Catchment area 29.854 km²

The Rahmede is a small river in the Märkisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia . It rises in Lüdenscheid , flows through the narrow, winding valley named after it and flows into the Lenne after about 12 kilometers in Altena .

In 1030 the brook was named "Rammuthe" in an old register. Lüdenscheid is located in the city center at almost 430 meters above sea level, in Altena, 14 kilometers away, it is less than 160 meters. Both cities came into contact with the ironmongery and wire industry at an early stage and made use of them. It was the water power of the Rahmede that allowed the first businesses to settle down on the brook and that set the bellows of the forge fires and the drop hammers in motion by rotating water wheels to convert the raw material iron, which was used as ore in the nearby mountains until the 17th century was mined to melt and process there, but also to power flour mills. Even today there are names in the valley that indicate rollers or rollers, whose owners Turck, Mettberg, Kugel, Noelle, Dicke, Berg, Ritzel, Klauke and Schmoll in place names such as B. Mettbergswalze or Schmoll's role are immortalized. Around 1800 the brook served 25 coils of wire , 12 hammer mills and a grinding mill as a driving force.

In the entire valley area, 29 small and large tributaries flow into it, the longest of which is over three kilometers long. The first solid road was built between 1831 and 1834. The district of Altenaer Eisenbahn, which operated on a one-meter track from 1887 to 1961, was also closely connected to the Rahmedetal. Numerous roads connect the valley with the high altitude areas on both sides, the most important connections being those to Autobahn 45, the Sauerland line.

Tributaries

In the following some tributaries are named with their length and their orographic location. As far as known, the catchment area is also listed. The tributaries are named downstream in the order of their mouths.

  • Wehberger Bach - 0.7 km long, left tributary (catchment area: 1.481 km²)
  • Vogelberger Siepen - 0.65 km long right tributary
  • Tweersiepen - 0.87 km long right tributary
  • Mühlmecke - 0.4 km long, left tributary
  • Brockhauser Bach - 1.8 km long, left tributary
  • Eggenscheider Bach - 1.8 km long, left tributary (catchment area: 1.451 km²)
  • Rathmecker Bach - 1.8 km long, left tributary
  • Thin board sieves - 1.4 km long left tributary
  • Krummenscheider Bach - 2.2 km long, left tributary
  • Gottmecke - 1.2 km long right tributary
  • Fuelbecke - 2.8 km long, right tributary (catchment area: 5.442 km²)
  • Mühlenbach - 2.0 km long, left tributary (catchment area: 1.759 km²)
  • Hemecke - 2.4 km long right tributary

photos

  • The frame under a wire factory

  • Mouth of the Rahmede into the Lenne

Web links

Commons : Rahmede  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ↑ a b c d Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )