Wurm

For the river in Bavaria, see Würm.

For other uses, see Wurm (disambiguation).

Wurm

Zwei Mühlen on the Wurm between Schloss Rimburg (D) and the village of Rimburg (NL)
Location	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Reference no.	DE: 2828
Length	57.0 km
Source	South of Aachen
Source height	265 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth	North of Heinsberg into the Rur
Mouth height	32 m above sea level (NN)
Descent	233 m
Basin	Rhine
Progression	Rur → Meuse → Hollands Diep → North Sea
Catchment	355.518 km²
Cities	Aachen
Large towns	Geilenkirchen
Course of the Inde, Wurm and Rur

The River Wurm (Dutch: Worm) is a river in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. It rises in the Eifel mountains and flows for 57 kilometres before discharging into the River Rur.

Geography

The Wurm is a left (western) tributary of the River Rur (Roer River). The Rur becomes a tributary of the Meuse River.

The sources of the Wurm are several brooks in the forests southwest of Aachen, which form the Wurm after the Diepenbenden reservoir. From there the Wurm nowadays flows through canals through the city of Aachen, until it resurfaces at the Europaplatz in the east of Aachen. North of Aachen (between Kerkrade and Herzogenrath) the river forms the border with the Netherlands for approx. 10 km. It flows into the River Rur near Heinsberg.

Other towns on the river Wurm are Würselen, Übach-Palenberg and Geilenkirchen.

The name Wurm is thought to originate from the German word warm (same meaning in English), as the source brooks were fed from the thermal springs in Aachen.

See also

• Rur Basin
• List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia

References

• Kalinka, G., Schütten, J., Naturraum Wurmtal, Wurmverlag Herzogenrath 1993

Gallery

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  Meanders of the Wurm near Kohlscheid

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  Wilderness

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  Rimburg Castle near Übach-Palenberg

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  Watermill near Zweibrüggen

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  Castle Trips, Geilenkirchen

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  Wurm valley near Süggerath

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  Wurm at Gut Kalkofen, Aachen