State North Rhine-Westphalia Progression Rhine → North Sea Length 103 km Country Germany | Reference no. DE: 274 River system Rhine Mouth Rhine Sources Nettersheim, Eifel | |
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Main source Southeast of Engelgau as the Kuhbach
Signed source of the Erft near Holzmülheim
527 m above sea level (NHN) River mouth Rhine near Neuss-Grimlinghausen
31 m above sea level (NHN) | ||
The Erft ( [ʔɛɐ̯ft]) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Lower Rhine (left tributary). Its origin is near Nettersheim, and its mouth in Neuss-Grimlinghausen south of the Josef Cardinal Frings Bridge. The river is 103 kilometres (64 mi) long, which is significantly shorter than it was originally. Due to the open-pit mining of lignite in the Hambacher Loch, the flow of the river had to be changed.
Map of Erft, Germany
The Erft gave its name to the town of Erftstadt, through which it flows, as well as to the Rhein-Erft district. It also flows through the towns of Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen, Bergheim, Bedburg and Grevenbroich.
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