Rur

Rur (-German, in Dutch: Roer, not to be confused with the Ruhr) is a river in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a tributary to the river Meuse. About 90% of the river is in Germany.

Geography

The source of the Rur is in the National Park Hautes Fagnes/Hohes Venn, near the 696 m high Signal de Botrange in Belgium at 660 m altitude. South of Monschau it flows into Germany, through North Rhine-Westphalia. It flows first through the northern part of the Eifel hills. After 39 km it reaches an artificial lake, the second largest of Germany. After approx. 160 km it flows into the Netherlands, and after 170 km it flows into the river Meuse in the city Roermond.

Major tributaries of the river Rur are the Inde and the Wurm. Cities along the Rur are Monschau, Düren, Jülich, Heinsberg (all in Germany) and Roermond (Netherlands).

See also

From 1795 until 1815, when Belgium, the Netherlands and parts of Germany were incorporated into France, there was a département named after the river Rur, see Roer (département).