The Prüm ( German pronunciation: [ˈpʁʏm] ) is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany , left tributary of the Sauer .
5-581: Its total length is 95 km (59 mi), and its basin area is 889 km (343 sq mi). The Prüm rises in the Schneifel hills, north of the town of Prüm , close to the border with Belgium . It flows southward through Prüm, Waxweiler , Holsthum , and Irrel . The Prüm discharges to the Sauer in Minden , on the border with Luxembourg , three kilometres east of Echternach . The largest tributary of
10-790: Is the 699.1-metre-high Schwarze Mann ("Black Man"), which is also the third highest point of the Eifel range after the Hohe Acht and the Erresberg (Ernstberg). There is a winter sports area on the Schwarze Mann with the same name. The Schneifel is covered along its entire length by the ruins of bunkers which formed part of the Siegfried Line . On the heights of the Schneifel is the former US radar station, Prüm Air Station, and
15-456: The Prussian era and the term Schnee-Eifel ("Snow Eifel") was born, albeit referring to a larger area. Winters in this low mountainous region are unusually cold and snowy for western and parts of central Europe and snow lies here for longer than anywhere else in the Eifel. As a result, the winter sports season is longer here than in the surrounding region. The highest point of the Schneifel
20-646: The Prüm is the Nims . The catchment of the Prüm is 888.758 km (343.151 sq mi) in area. The largest tributaries of the Prüm are (l = left bank (dark blue), r = right bank (light blue)): This article related to a river in Rhineland-Palatinate is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Schneifel The Schneifel is a range of low mountains, up to 699.1 m above sea level (NHN) , in
25-625: The western part of the Eifel in Germany, near the Belgian border. It runs from Brandscheid near Prüm in a northeasterly direction to Ormont . The name Schneifel has nothing to do with the German words Schnee ( snow ) and Eifel . It is derived from the former dialect of this region and means something like Schneise ("swathe"). This swathe ran over the mountains. The term was "Germanised" during
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