Ruwer

	Ruwer
	Ruwerquelle
	Data
Water code	EN : 2656
location	western Hunsrück Hoch- and Idarwald Osburger Hochwald; ; Hunsrück plateau Basement trough; ; Hoch- and Idarwald Black Forest high forest Greimerather Hochwald; ; ; Saar-Ruwer-Hunsrück Ruwer-Hunsrück Ruwerengtal; ; ; Moselle valley Middle Moselle valley Trier valley widening Lower Ruwertal; Trier Moselle valley; ; ; Germany Rhineland-Palatinate District of Trier-Saarburg; trier ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Moselle → Rhine → North Sea
source	Ruwerspring at the roaster head near Osburg ; 49 ° 40 ′ 12 ″ N , 6 ° 49 ′ 37 ″ E
Source height	approx. 650 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	near Trier-Ruwer / Eitelsbach in the Moselle Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 8 ″ N , 6 ° 42 ′ 19 ″ E 49 ° 47 ′ 8 ″ N , 6 ° 42 ′ 19 ″ E;
Mouth height	approx. 123 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 527 m
Bottom slope	approx. 11 ‰
length	48.7 km
Catchment area	237.3 km²
Left tributaries	Burkelsbach , Großbach , Klinkbach
Right tributaries	Lehbach , Rauruwer , Entergraben , Riveris
Residents in the catchment area	approx. 28,000
	Forest pond
	Upper course
	Stone bridge over the Ruwer
	Lower Ruwertal
	Ruwer estuary

The Ruwer (Latin: Erubris , Rubora ) is a nearly 49 km long, southern and orographically right tributary of the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate . It is a second order body of water from the mouth in Trier-Ruwer to the tributary of the Großbach in Niederzerf .

geography

course

The Ruwer rises at an altitude of about 650 m above sea level. NHN on the southern slope of the Rösterkopf in the Osburger Hochwald .

It initially flows south through an uninhabited valley. It then changes its direction to the southwest at Kell am See and then flows through this community. North-northwest of Waldweiler it takes on the Lehbach on its right side . It then happens to Niederkell . The Burkelsbach flows north-west of Mandern on the left . It then flows through a narrow and wooded valley and reaches the Zerfer district of Frommersbach , where it is fed on its left by the Waldbach and shortly afterwards in Zerf on the same side by the Großbach .

From there, the Ruwer meanders in large loops to the northwest, passing Hentern in the process . At Heid Castle it flows to the left of the Klinkbach and at Hinzenburg it is reinforced on the other side by the Rauruwer . It now continues to flow more and more north in great loops. At Schöndorf , the Entergraben joins the Ruwer from the right . It then moves east past Pluwig and Gusterath Valley . At Sommerau it then forms a waterfall . South of Waldrach , its largest tributary, the Riveris , flows to it on its right side .

It now runs in a north-northwest direction, passing Kasel and Mertesdorf and finally flows into the Trier district of Ruwer-Eitelsbach at an altitude of about 123 m above sea level. NHN from the south and right into the Moselle approaching there from the west-southwest .

Its 48.7 km long run ends about 527 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of about 11 ‰.

Catchment area

The 237.3 km² large catchment area of the Ruwer is located in the western Hunsrück and is drained through it via the Moselle and the Rhine to the North Sea. It encompasses large parts of the Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer , the former Verbandsgemeinde Kell am See and the Trier-Ruwer / Eitelsbach district and has around 28,000 inhabitants.

The catchment area borders

in the northeast to that of the Fellerbach , which flows into the Moselle
in the east to that of the Kleine Dhron , which drains over the Dhron into the Moselle
in the southeast to which the Wadrill that in the prims opens
in the south to that of the Prims tributary Wahnbach near Waldweiler / Kell am See
in the southwest of the Losheimer Bach , which also flows into the Prims
in the west to that of the Saar itself, which flows into the Moselle
and in the northwest to that of the Oleigenbach , also a tributary of the Moselle.

In the Ruwer catchment area lies the FFH area Ruwer and side valleys with a size of 43.31 km².

Tributaries

The Ruwer data for comparison

GKZ	Surname	Length (km)	EZG (km²)	muzzle	Mouth
265612000	Gimpelswiesenbach	1.87	2.476	Ruwer	Kell by the lake
265613200	Willow raft	0.66	0.411	Ruwer	Kell by the lake
265614000	Kahlbach (or Mühlscheider Bach )	2.09	7,997	Ruwer	Kell by the lake
265614200	Rothbach	2.73	3,923	Kahlbach	Kell by the lake
265620000	Lehbach (or Spalbach )	6.60	12.733	Ruwer	Niederkell
265622000	Ellersbach (or Kreidbach )	3.21	2,374	Lehbach	Basement reservoir
265624000	Marscheiderbach (or Gondersbach )	2.57	4.175	Lehbach	Shillings
265624200	Bach from the Lindenhof	0.86	0.808	Marscheiderbach	Shillings
265624220	Bach from the basement	0.66	0.389	Marscheiderbach	Shillings
265632000	Flonterbach	2.67	3.171	Ruwer	Mandern
265634000	Burkelsbach	5.28	18,877	Ruwer	Mandern
265634200	Aalbach	1.44	3.285	Burkelsbach	Forest hamlet
265634400	Winkelbach (or Pehlbach )	1.59	8,893	Burkelsbach	Mandern
265634420	Siebenborn	2.43	3.801	Winkelbach	Mandern
265634422	Sternhausbach	1.22	1.434	Siebenborn	Mandern
265634440	Broken brook	2.21	3,771	Winkelbach	Mandern
265636000	Waldbach (or Weiherbach )	4.22	5.511	Ruwer	Frommersbach
265636200	Bach on the Willemskopf	0.96	1,214	Waldbach	Zerf
265640000	Grossbach	7.67	27.778	Ruwer	Niederzerf
265642000	Eselsbach	6.69	8,628	Grossbach	Greimerath
265644000	Ellerborn	1.54	1.533	Grossbach	Oberzerf
265653200	Rimperterbach	1.65	1.475	Ruwer	Lagging
265654000	Klinkbach	5.37	10.627	Ruwer	Lampades
265654200	Ronnerwiesbach	1.35	1.697	Klinkbach	Paschel
265654400	Reiperterbach	2.15	1.708	Klinkbach	Lampades
265656000	Heid-Bach Castle	2.07	2.938	Ruwer	Shillings
265656200	Bach on the Heidkopf	0.97	1.041	Heid-Bach Castle	Shillings
265659120	Apfelbach	0.73	0.847	Ruwer	Lampaden -Geisemerich
265659200	Alkenbach	1.03	0.889	Ruwer	Ollmuth / Lampaden
265660000	Rauruwer	6.13	10,042	Ruwer	Hinzenburg
265662000	Neukreutzbach	2.85	2,365	Rauruwer	Heddert
265671200	Geizenburger Waschbach	1.51	1,810	Ruwer	Geizenburg
265672000	Digging with Grindelbach	6.52	10,043	Ruwer	Schondorf
265672200	Kieweringsbach	1.14	1.005	Grindelbach	Holzerath
265673200	Rotegraben	2.71	3,987	Ruwer	Schondorf
265673920	Wilzenburger Waschbach	0.92	1.045	Ruwer	Pluwig
265674000	Starkelsgraben	1.92	1.620	Ruwer	Schondorf
265674200	Scheisingsgraben	1.02	0.824	Starkelsgraben	Schondorf
265675200	Gusterather Waschbach	2.21	3.378	Ruwer	Gusterath
265675400	Borgraben	0.63	0.650	Ruwer	Lonzenburg
265676000	Waldbach	2.41	2.563	Ruwer	Gusterath valley
265677820	Labach	1.40	1,576	Mühlengraben next to Ruwer	Gutweiler -Korlingermühle
265678000	Korlingerbach	0.84	0.711	Ruwer	Korlingen
265680000	Riveris with Eschbach	13.28	28,866	Ruwer	Waldrach
265691200	Mörtschelbach	1.84	2.002	Ruwer	Waldrach
265692000	Benninger Bach	2.65	1.931	Ruwer	Chasuble
265693112	Kundelbach	1.43	2.261	Ruwer	Chasuble
265694000	Parkbach (or Avel )	2.40	3,593	Ruwer	Mertesdorf
265699400	Wenigbach	0.99	1.268	Ruwer	Trier-Ruwer / Eitelsbach
265699600	Eitelsbach	2.17	2.064	Ruwer	Trier-Ruwer / Eitelsbach
265699800	Wenzelbach	2.19	1,313	Ruwer	Trier-Ruwer / Eitelsbach
265600000	Ruwer	48.72	237,300	Moselle	trier

Other tributaries of the Ruwer are Lauschterbach (Hentern), Mertesbach (Hentern), Tiefwiesgraben (Gutweiler), Dellenbach (Sommerau / Gutweiler), Sommeraubach (Sommerau), Waldmannsbach (Morscheid), Meschgraben (Morscheid), Fuchsbach (Waldrach / Trier), Wolfsbach (Waldrach), Latschbach (Waldrach) and Kehrnagelbach (Waldrach / Kasel).

nature and environment

Riparian program

In March 1993, the Ruwer and its tributaries were included in the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) 's program for the margins of water that has existed since 1989 . The aim of the project was to develop the water system into a largely natural water and floodplain landscape and to secure it permanently. The project ran until 2004, the cost of the project amounted to around 6.8 million euros and was borne by the BMU, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate , the district of Trier-Saarburg , the municipalities of Kell am See and Ruwer, and the city of Trier .

fauna

Numerous rare and protected species live in and around the Ruwer , such as the Mühlkoppe , Dipper , Greater Schiller Butterfly and the Kingfisher . Salmon were still caught in the Ruwer until the 1940s .

Mills

There are or have been some mills in the Ruwer area : Alte Mühle Kell am See , Mühlscheider Mühle am Kahlbach , Schillinger Mühle am Lehbach , Mühle Niederkell , Unterste Mühle am Burkelsbach, Sägemühle am Burkelsbach, Mühle Waldweiler , Niederzerfer Mühle an der Ruwer, Mühle Hauser an der Ruwer, Mühle am Großbach in Zerf , Kramesmühle Hentern , Mühle Hentern, Lampadener Mühle am Reiperter Bach , Benrather Mühle am Klinkbach , Burg Heider Mühle, Hinzenburger Mühle, Hedderter Mühle an der Rauruwer , Mühle bei Ollmuth , Pluwiger Hammer , Mühle am Enterbach , Raulsmühle near Lonzenburg , mill in Gusterath valley, mill in Sommerau and other grinding mills, Korlinger mill, Herrgottsmühle ( Morscheider mill), student mill, Lichtenthal mill , grinding mill at the mouth of the Riveris in Waldrach , smelting mill in Waldrach, cutting mill / Lauer's mill Riveris , Riveriser mill , Feilensmühle Riveris, Lower and Upper Osburger Mühle on the Riveris, Old Village Mill Waldrach (Scherfsmühle), Oil Mill, Welsch mill Waldrach, mill in Kasel , Reisenmühle, Schippertsmühle / Karlsmühle Mertesdorf, Grünhäuser Mühle, Hüstermühle Trier-Ruwer , Lambertysmühle, Felsenmühle, etc. a.

history

The Roman city of Trier ( Augusta Treverorum ) received up to 25,000 cubic meters of water per day via the Roman Ruwer water pipeline .

The Ruwer was mentioned in 371 by the Roman poet Ausonius in the poem Mosella as follows: "The Ruwer turns the grain-grinding stones in dizzy eddies and pulls the screeching saws through smooth marble blocks ."

From 1720 the Ruwer was used to transport timber from the high forest to the Moselle. At this time, numerous alluvial ponds such as the Siebenborn pond south of Mandern were built.

Viticulture

On some steep slopes of the Ruwer is Ruwerwein grown.

water sports

In the lower reaches, the Ruwer in spring and after heavy rains also with is kayak mobile.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Topographic map 1: 25,000

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )

↑ Hentern level, State Office for the Environment, Water Management and Trade Inspectorate Rhineland-Palatinate

↑ Ruwer water system and tributaries ( Memento from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

↑ ^a ^b Mention in the Natura 2000 project

^ Dipper on the Ruwer ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Report on the salmon occurrence in the Ruwer ( Memento from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Internet Archive (PDF; 138 kB)

↑ Chronicle of Waldrach with information about the mills in Waldrach ( Memento from October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Profile of the FFH area 6306-301 - Ruwer and side valleys

Web links

Commons : Ruwer - Collection of Images

Ruwerfall near Sommerau from the panorama of Trier and its surroundings (around 1840) via dilibri
Video: Ruwer - Portrait of a landscape between the Hunsrück and the Moselle (documentary film Germany 2004, 19 min. Directors: Anette Haas, Kay Bertl)
High water level at the gauge in Hentern

[TK25-1] Topographic map 1: 25,000