Rahmedetal
The Rahmedetal connects the two industrial cities of Lüdenscheid and Altena in North Rhine-Westphalia and got its name from the small river Rahmede , which rises in Lüdenscheid, winds through the winding valley and after about 12 kilometers flows into the Lenne at the stone bridge in Altena.
history
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.
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 51.8 " N , 7 ° 40 ′ 17.9" E