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14-546: Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge , approx. 20 km northeast of Siegen . Erndtebrück borders on Netphen , the communities of Hilchenbach , Bad Berleburg , Bad Laasphe and Kirchhundem in the district of Olpe , and Schmallenberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis . Erndtebrück had its first documentary mention in 1256, celebrating 750 years of existence in 2006. The village

28-780: A teacher from Marienhagen, part of the town of Vöhl, went panning for gold in the sediments of the River Itter . Panning for gold along the Eder is still popular. The river rises from the Ederkopf mountain in the Rothaar mountain range in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia , near the springs of the Lahn and Sieg rivers. However, unlike the Lahn and Sieg, which are both tributaries of the Rhine ,

42-671: Is home to the German Air Force's Reserve Range of Command 2 (Einsatzführungsbereich 2), formerly 5th Teaching Group of Technical School 1 (V. Lehrgruppe der Technischen Schule 1), the Air Force's programming centre for air defence and a health squad to take care of the airmen. Eder (Fulda) The Eder [ˈeːdɐ] is a 177-kilometre-long (110 mi) major river in Germany that begins in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia and passes in to Hesse , where it empties into

56-678: The Rothaar Railway to both Siegen and Bad Berleburg , and on the Upper Lahn Valley ( Obere Lahntalbahn ) to Marburg . Until 1944, there was also a rail connection to Altenhundem with the Erndtebrück-Altenhundem line, but this came to an end late in the Second World War as retreating German Army units blew its bridges up. Some of the tunnels along the line are still preserved. Erndtebrück

70-620: The Eder flows east and north, into the river Fulda at Edermünde , south of Kassel . The Fulda then converges with the Werra River at Hann. Münden to form the Weser River, which flows in to the North Sea . The Edersee Dam is situated below the town of Waldeck . It is constructed of rock and concrete , and is 47 metres (154 ft) high and 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. It was completed in 1914; in 2014 its 100th birthday

84-491: The Eder has been known since 1308. The main historical area for panning the gold is between Affoldern and Fritzlar. In the 14th century, the Teutonic Order panned gold out of the Eder sediments near Obermöllrich. In the 18th century, even ducats were minted from Eder gold; they are collector's items today. Up to the 1970s, school children from Duisburg , who stayed at a nearby holiday camp, together with

98-779: The River Fulda . The river was first mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus . In his Annals , he describes the Roman campaign against the Chatti under the command of Germanicus in 15 AD. Forty-five thousand soldiers of the Roman army destroyed the major centre of the Chatti, Mattium , directly after they crossed the Adrana (Eder). In the Middle Ages , the river was known by

112-647: The names; Aderna, Adarna, Adrina. On the banks of the Eder, in the town of Schwarzenau, near Bad Berleburg , a religious group was founded in August 1708; the Schwarzenau Brethren . Eight adults were completely baptised thrice in the Eder. This group emigrated to America where they are still to be found. As late as up to the end of the 19th century, the river was also known in local dialect as Edder . For instance, in Felsberg-Gensungen ,

126-698: The pharmacy is known as the Edder-Apotheke . Sediments of the Eder contain a proportion of gold . The majority of this gold is said to originate from Eisenberg (Korbach) , which contains one of the largest reserves of gold in Middle Europe. Gold is eroded out of the Eisenberg, for example, by the Itter stream, which, since the Edersee dam was built, flows into the Edersee lake. Gold panning in

140-457: Was celebrated. It forms the Edersee lake, which is 27 kilometres (17 mi) long and contains 200 million cubic metres of water. This is used to generate hydroelectricity and to regulate water levels for shipping on the Weser river. At low water in late summer, and during dry years, the remnants of three villages (Asel, Bringhausen, and Berich) and a bridge across the original river bed, which

154-455: Was first known by the name Ermingardibruggern, and was the seat of a knightly family, and later a customs office with market rights. The council's 22 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 30 August 2009: Note: UWG is a citizens' coalition. Erndtebrück's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per fess, above in azure a bridge Or, below in argent two pallets sable. The community

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168-536: Was granted these arms in 1958. The bridge in the chief is a canting symbol, referring to Erndtebrück's last syllable ( Brücke is "bridge" in German ), but also to an actual bridge built over the river Eder at Erndtebrück in 1830. Below in the shield are the arms of the Counts of Wittgenstein. [1] The community is connected to its neighbours by Federal Highways ( Bundesstraßen ) 62 and 480. Furthermore, trains run on

182-601: Was repaired and in use again before the end of the year. The story of the raid was documented by the 1955 film called The Dam Busters . The most important tributaries of the Eder are (listed first in Eder-kilometres from source to the Fulda): Itter (Eder) The Itter is a river of Hesse , Germany and left tributary of the Edersee . It flows through the area of the former medieval Ittergau, which

196-521: Was submerged when the lake was filled in 1914, can be seen. Descendants of those buried there go to visit the graves of their ancestors. On the night of the 17 May 1943, Avro Lancaster bombers of the RAF 617 Squadron used specially-developed bouncing bombs (codename: Upkeep ) that were engineered by Barnes Wallis . They were used to destroy the Möhne and Eder dams, as part of Operation Chastise . The dam

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