Sieg (river)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Sieg (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine.
The river is named after the Sicambri. It is Script error: No such module "convert". in length.
The source is located in the Rothaargebirge mountains. From here the river runs southwestwards to the city of Siegen and the hills of Siegerland, both named after the river. Further west the Sieg valley forms the boundary of the Bergisches Land (northern) and Westerwald (southern). The river finally runs through a protected area east of the city of Bonn.
After passing the cities of Hennef and Siegburg, the river flows into the Rhine at the Naturschutzgebiet Siegaue, a protected area immediately to the northeast of the city of Bonn, near Niederkassel/Template:Ill.
Sieg Spring
The Sieg Spring (Template:Langx), the source of the Sieg, is at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"., near the village of Template:Ill, North Rhine-Westphalia.Template:GeoQuelle The location was restored in 2013.
Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Sieg are, from source to mouth:Template:GeoQuelle
- Ferndorfbach (right)
- Weiß (left)
- Asdorf (right)
- Heller (left)
- Wisser Bach (right)
- Nister (left)
- Bröl (right)
- Wahnbach (right)
- Pleisbach (left)
- Agger (right)
See also
References
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