In this article, we have studied Rivers in Germany and their Source, Length, & Mouth: The simplest definition of a river is, a river is a body of water that flows downhill under the force of gravity. The point at which the river originated is called its source. It is also known as the headwater. The point where it enters another large body of water such as a larger river, lake, sea, or ocean is called the mouth of the river.
Since the birth of human civilization, rivers have been very important. River, in general, contains many different values, it also signifies human health, since freshwater from rivers is essential to our communities and ourselves.
Rivers of Europe: List of Major Rivers of Europe
Rivers in Germany
Germany is a Western European country with a landscape of forests, and rivers that are some of the most famous in the world. There are 197 rivers in Germany and some of the most beautiful, ancient, and important waterways of western Europe. Let’s take a look at the complete list of Rivers in Germany and their Source, Length, & Mouth.
List of Rivers in Germany
| S.N. | Name of the River | Source/Origin | Mouth | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schwentine River | Bungsberg | Between the Kiel districts of Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf and Wellingdorf into the Kiel Fjord | 62 km |
| 2 | Trave River | Giebelrade, Ahrensbök, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstei | Bay of Lubeck (Baltic Sea) | 124 km |
| 3 | Stepenitz River | Northwest of Schwerin and the Neumühler See | Into the Potenitzer Wiek | 52 km |
| 4 | Warnow River | Warnow in Grebbin (10 kilometres north of Parchim) | Baltic Sea (near the town of Rostock) | 155.4 km |
| 5 | Nebe River | Warnow | 60 km | |
| 6 | Recknitz River | Mecklenburg | Baltic Sea | 72 km |
| 7 | Peenestrom River | Oder | Baltic Sea | 20 km |
| 8 | Peene River | Westpeene (Vollrathsruhe) | Peenestrom (Anklam) | 138.5 km |
| 9 | Tollense River | Murzsee, near the village of Blumenholz | Demmin | 95.81 km |
| 10 | Oder River | Fidluv kopec, Oderske vrchy, Nizky Jesenik, Olomouc District, Olomouc Region, Moravia, Czech Republic | Szczecin Lagoon (Baltic Sea, Poland) | 840 km |
| 11 | Lusatian Neisse River | Lusatian Mountains | Oder (Neibemunde, Brandenburg, Germany) | 252 km |
| 12 | Danube River | Breg | Danube Delta (Romania) | 2,850 km |
| 13 | Inn River | Swiss Alps (Lagh dal Lunghin) | Danube (Passau) | 518.5 km |
| 14 | Rott River | Lower Bavaria | Inn | 111.4 km |
| 15 | Salzach River | Kitzbuhel Alps | Inn | 227.3 km |
| 16 | Saalach River | Kitzbuhel Alps | Salzach | 105.5 km |
| 17 | Alz River | Chiemsee | Inn | 67.3 km |
| 18 | Chiemsee River | |||
| 19 | Großache River | Thurn Pass, Pinzgau, Salzburg | Chiemsee | 79 km |
| 20 | Isen River | Near Lacken (in the municipality of Maitenbeth) | Opposite Neuotting into the Inn | 81 km |
| 21 | Ilz River | Bavarian Forest | Danube | 40.3 km |
| 22 | Vils River | Upper Bavaria | Danube | 81.7 km |
| 23 | Isar River | Karwendel, Alps | Danube | 291.5 km |
| 24 | Amper River | Northern Limestone Alps | Isar | 190 km |
| 25 | Loisach River | Northern Limestone Alps | Isar | 113.2 km |
| 26 | Grobe Laber River | Lower Bavaria | Danube | 87.5 km |
| 27 | Regen River | Bohemian Forest | Danube | 190.9 km |
| 28 | Chamb River | South of Kdyne, Domazlice, Plzen Region | Regen at Cham, Oberpfalz Bavaria | 50.3 km |
| 29 | Naab River | Fichtelgebirge | Danube | 57.5 km |
| 30 | Vils River | Upper Palatinate | Naab | 87.4 km |
| 31 | Schwarze Laber River | Bavarian Jura | Danube | 77.7 km |
| 32 | Altmuhl River | Middle Franconia | Danube at Kelheim | 226.9 km |
| 33 | Abens River | Near Au in der Hallertau | Danube at Eining | 71.1 km |
| 34 | Ilm River | Upper Bavaria (near Altomunster) | Abens | 83.8 km |
| 35 | Paar River | Upper Bavaria | Danube | 136.8 km |
| 36 | Friedberger Ach River | Near Penzing-Untermuhlhausen | Near Rennertshofen-Stepperg into the Danube | 100.4 km |
| 37 | Lech River | Northern Limestone Alps | Danube | 255.3 km |
| 38 | Wertach River | Northern Limestone Alps | Lech | 141 km |
| 39 | Schmutter River | Swabia | Danube | 95.6 km |
| 40 | Zusam River | North of the village of Konghausen, in the Unterallgau district of Bavaria | Danube near the town of Donauworth. | 97.1 km |
| 41 | Wornitz River | Near Schillingsfürst, in the Middle Franconia region of Bavaria | Danube in Donauworth | 131.8 km |
| 42 | Brenz River | Swabian Alb | Danube at Lauingen | 91.6 km |
| 43 | Mindel River | West of Kaufbeuren, in the Allgäu region | Near Gundremmingen into the Danube | 80.7 km |
| 44 | Kammel River | Unterallgau west of Mindelheim | Mindel near Offingen | 74 km |
| 45 | Gunz River | Near Lauben by the confluence of its two source rivers: the Ostliche Gunz (eastern Gunz) and the Westliche Gunz (western Gunz) | Danube in Gunzburg | 86.8 km |
| 46 | Iller River | Northern Limestone Alps | Danube | 145.9 km |
| 47 | Rot River | Near Rot a der Rot | Danube | 55.8 km |
| 48 | Riss River | Upper Swabia | Danube | 49.9 km |
| 49 | Lauchert River | Near Sonnenbuhl, in the Swabian Alb | Danube | 60.4 km |
| 50 | Meuse River | Pouilly-en-Bassigny, Le Chatelet-sur-Meuse, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France | North Sea (Hollands Diep, North Brabant/South Holland, Netherlands) | 925 km |
| 51 | Niers River | Lower Rhine region | Maas | 113.1 km |
| 52 | Rur River | High Fens | Meuse River | 164.5 km |
| 53 | Wurm River | South of Aachen | North of Heinsberg into the Rur | 57.1 km |
| 54 | Inde River | Near Raeren, in Eastern Belgium | Rur near Julich | 54.1 km |
| 55 | Rhine River | Rein Anteriur/Vorderrhein (Tomasee, Surselva, Graubunden, Switzerland) | North Sea (Netherlands) | 1,230 km |
| 56 | Lippe River | At the edge of the Teutoburg Forest in Bad Lippspringe close to the city of Paderborn | Rhine at Wesel | 220.3 km |
| 57 | Alme River | Sauerland | Lippe River | 59.4 km |
| 58 | Emscher River | Holzwickede (Eastern Ruhr Area) | Rhine River | 83.2 km |
| 59 | Ruhr River | Kahler Asten | Rhine River | 219.2 km |
| 60 | Volme River | Southeastern Ruhr Area | Ruhr River | 50.7 km |
| 61 | Lenne River | Sauerland | Ruhr River | 129.0 km |
| 62 | Mohne River | Sauerland | Ruhr River | 65.1 km |
| 63 | Erft River | Southeast of Engelgau as the Kuhbach | Rhine near Neuss-Grimlinghausen | 106.6 km |
| 64 | Wupper River | Sauerland | Rhine River | 115.8 km |
| 65 | Sieg River | Rothaargebirge mountains (Siegerland) | Rhine at the Naturschutzgebiet Siegaue | 155.1 km |
| 66 | Agger River | Sauerland hills, near Meinerzhagen | Near Siegburg the Agger flows into the Sieg | 69.5 km |
| 67 | Nister River | Westerwald hills (near Willingen) | Near Wissen the Nister flows into the Sieg | 64 km |
| 68 | Ahr River | Blankenheim, Northern Eifel, North Rhine-Westfalia | Rhine (Remagen, Rhineland-Palatinate) | 89 km |
| 69 | Wied River | Westerwald (near Dreifelden) | Rhine in Neuwied | 102.8 km |
| 70 | Moselle River | Vosges mountains | Rhine River | 545 km |
| 71 | Elzbach River | Eifel (near Kelberg) | Moselle in Moselkern, in the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem | 59 km |
| 72 | Alf River | North of Darscheid | Near Alf into the Moselle | 51.879 km |
| 73 | Lieser River | Eifel (near Boxberg, north of Daun) | Near Lieser into the Moselle | 73.6 km |
| 74 | Salm River | Eifel (near the village of Salm, south of Gerolstein) | Moselle in Klusserath | 63 km |
| 75 | Kyll River | Eifel mountains (near the border with Belgium) | Moselle in Ehrang | 127.6 km |
| 76 | Saar River | Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine | Moselle | 246 km |
| 77 | Nied River | Lorraine | Saar in Rehlingen-Siersburg | 114 km |
| 78 | Prims River | Hunsruck mountains (near the village Malborn) | Saar in Dillingen | 91 km |
| 79 | Blies River | Hunsruck near Selbach | Saar | 99.5 km |
| 80 | Schwarzbach River | Palatinate Forest, near Trippstadt | Blies in Homburg-Einod | 50 km |
| 81 | Sauer River | In the Ardennes on the soil of Libramont-Chevigny near the Planchipont farm (Belgium) | Between Wasserbilligerbrück (Germany) and Wasserbillig (Luxembourg) into the Moselle | 173 km |
| 82 | Prum River | Between Ormont and Reuth on the Schneifelridge | In Minden into the Sauer | 95.04 km |
| 83 | Nims River | In the Eifel southeast of Weinsheim | Near Irrel into the Prum | 61.43 km |
| 84 | Our River | Northeast of the Eichelsberg in the municipality of Büllingen, parish of Manderfeld | Near Wallendorf into the Sauer | 96.111 km |
| 85 | Lahn River | Near the Bahnhof in the municipality of Netphen, North Rhine-Westphalia | Rhine at Lahnstein, Rhineland-Palatinate | 245.6 km |
| 86 | Aar River | Taunus mountains, near Taunusstein | Lahn in Diez | 49.7 km |
| 87 | Weil River | Taunus | Lahn | 46.6 km |
| 88 | Dill River | Rothaargebirge / Westerwald | Lahn | 54.9 km |
| 89 | Ohm River | Near the town Ulrichstein in the High Vogelsberg region | Lahn, short before the town Cölbe | 60.7 km |
| 90 | Nahe River | Hunsruck | Rhine | 125.1 km |
| 91 | Alsenz River | Enkenbach-Alsenborn, north-east of Kaiserslautern | Nahe | 57 km |
| 92 | Glan River | Hochen | After flowing through Odernheim below Staudernheim from the right into the Nahe | 89.67 km |
| 93 | Selz River | Near the village of Orbis in the county of Donnersbergkreis | Rhine at Ingelheim | 63 km |
| 94 | Main River | White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria | Rhine | 524.9 km |
| 95 | Nidda River | Vogelsberg on the Taufstein mountain range near the town of Schotten | Main | 90.0 km |
| 96 | Wetter River | Vogelsberg | Nidda | 68.8 km |
| 97 | Kinzig River | 500 m southwest of the village of Sinntal-Sterbfritz | West of the Altstadt of Hanau into the Main at river kilometer 55 | 87.2 km |
| 98 | Tauber River | Near Weikersholz | Near Wertheim am Main into the Main | 131.7 km |
| 99 | Franconian Saale River | In the Grabfeld region near Bad Königshofen | Near Gemunden into the Main | 140.0 km |
| 100 | Regnitz River | Franconia | Main | 63.7 km |
| 101 | Pegnitz River | Franconia | Regnitz | 112.6 km |
| 102 | Rednitz River | The confluence of the rivers Franconian Rezat and Swabian Rezat, in Georgensgmünd (district of Roth) | Regnitz | 46.4 km |
| 103 | Franconian Rezat River | Franconian Heights near Oberdachstetten | Confluence: with the Swabian Rezat in Georgensgmund to form the Rednitz | 77.3 km |
| 104 | Swabian Rezat River | Franconian Jura | Regnitz | 33.3 km |
| 105 | Itz River | In the Thuringian Forest near Sachsenbrunn | Main southeast of Baunach | 79.1 km |
| 106 | Red Main River | The Red Main Spring in the Lindenhardt Forest, 10 kilometers south of Bayreuth near Hörlasreuth | Confluence: south of Kulmbach, near Steinenhausen Castle with the White Main into the Main | 71.8 km |
| 107 | Neckar River | Black Forest | Rhine | 362.4 km |
| 108 | Jagst River | Swabian Alb | Neckar | 190.0 km |
| 109 | Kocher River | Swabian Alb | Neckar | 168.7 km |
| 110 | Enz River | source of the Poppelbach in Besenfeld | Neckar in Besigheim | 105.6 km |
| 111 | Glems River | Stuttgart | Enz | 47.0 km |
| 112 | Murr River | Swabia | Neckar | 51.8 km |
| 113 | Rems River | Swabian Jura | Neckar | 78.5 km |
| 114 | Fils River | Swabian Alb | Neckar | 62.9 km |
| 115 | Queich River | Palatinate Forest (Hauenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate) | Confluence with Rhine (Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate) | 51.5 km |
| 116 | Pfinz River | Black Forest | Rhine | 60.4 km |
| 117 | Lauter River | Palatine Forest | Rhine | 55 km |
| 118 | Murg River | In the Northern Black Forest: a confluence of the Rechtmurg and Rotmurg in Obertal | Near Steinmauern into the Upper Rhine | 79.6 km |
| 119 | Sauer River | Palatinate forest (near the French border, south of Pirmasens) | Rhine in Seltz | 85 km |
| 120 | Acher River | On the northeast flank of the Vogelskopf | Near Iffezheim into the Rhine | 53.6 km |
| 121 | Rench River | At Kniebis near Bad Griesbach im Schwarzwald-Zuflucht | Rhine (near Rheinau/Lichtenau/Helmlingen) | 57.1 km |
| 122 | Kinzig River | Loßburg in the district of Freudenstadt | In Kehl-Auenheim | 93.3 km |
| 123 | Schutter River | At Hunersedel in Schweighausen | Near Kehl | 57.0 km |
| 124 | Elz River | Black Forest (near the source of the Breg) | Rhine near Lahr | 121.0 km |
| 125 | Wiese River | In the Black Forest between the Feldberg and the Grafenmatt | Between the Basle quarters of Klybeck and Kleinhüningen into the Upper Rhine | 57.82 km |
| 126 | Wutach River | On the Seebuck (Black Forest) as the Seebach | The Rhine near Waldshut-Tiengen | 91.1 km |
| 127 | IJssel River | Nederrijn (Westervoort, Gelderland, Netherlands) | Ketelmeer (Kampen, Salland, Overijssel, Netherlands) | 125 km |
| 128 | Berkel River | Billerbeck (near the German city of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia) | IJssel at Zutphen | 114.6 km |
| 129 | Oude IJssel River | Near Raesfeld, Westphalia, Germany | Near Doesburg, in the IJssel, Gelderland, Netherlands | 81.7 km |
| 130 | Vechte River | At the foot of the Bertmaring Farm, Oberdarfeld, Westphalia | Zwarte Water river near the town of Hasselt | 181.7 km |
| 131 | Dinkel River | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (between Ahaus and Coesfeld) | Vechte in Neuenhaus | 89.0 km |
| 132 | Ems River | Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock | Dollart Bay/North Sea (Emden) | 362.4 km |
| 133 | Hase River | Melle-Wellingholzhausen, Teutoburg Forest | Ems River (Meppen) | 169.7 km |
| 134 | Weser River | The confluence of the Fulda and Werra Rivers in Hann. Munden | The Wadden Sea of the North Sea (Between Bremerhaven and Nordenham) | 452 km |
| 135 | Hunte River | Wiehengebirge | Elsfleth | 189 km |
| 136 | Lesum River | The confluence of the Wümme and Hamme rivers near Ritterhude | Weser (Bremen-Vegesack) | 9.85 km |
| 137 | Wumme River | Luneburg Heath | Lesum | 121 km |
| 138 | Aller River | In Eggenstedt near Seehausen in the Magdeburg Borde | Weser near Verden | 214.8 km |
| 139 | Bohme River | In the Pietzmoor south of Schneverdingen | Between Ahlden and Rethem into the Aller | 72.1 km |
| 140 | Leine River | In Leinefelde in the Eichsfeld | Near Schwarmstedt into the Aller | 281 km |
| 141 | Innerste River | Harz | Leine | 100.7 km |
| 142 | Rhume River | Karstic spring of Rhume Spring in Rhumspringe, south of the Harz mountain range | Leine river west of Northeim | 48 km |
| 143 | Oder River | Near Oderbruck in the Harz Mountains | Near Katlenburg into the Rhume | 56.1 km |
| 144 | Ortze River | North of Munster in the Große Heide (Bundesforst Raubkammer) | Into the Aller southeast of Winsen | 62.3 km |
| 145 | Fuhse River | Oderwald | Aller | 94.6 km |
| 146 | Oker River | Harz Mountains | Aller | 128.2 km |
| 147 | Schunter River | Elm | Oker | 58.3 km |
| 148 | Werre River | Eggegebirge | Weser | 71.9 km |
| 149 | Diemel River | Sauerland | Weser | 110.4 km |
| 150 | Fulda River | Rhon | Weser | 220.4 km |
| 151 | Eder River | Ederkopf | Edermunde | 176.1 km |
| 152 | Schwalm River | Vogelsberg Mountains | Eder | 97.3 km |
| 153 | Haune River | Rhon Mountains | Fulda | 66.6 km |
| 154 | Werra River | On the Eselsberg and Bleßberg | Confluence with the Fulda in Hann. Münden to form the Weser | 299.6 km |
| 155 | Horsel River | Thuringian Forest | Werra | 56 km |
| 156 | Ulster River | Rhon Mountains | Werra | 57.3 km |
| 157 | Elbe River | Bile Labe (Giant Mountains, Czech Republic) | North Sea (Germany) | 1,112 km |
| 158 | Oste River | Near Tostedt at the border of the Luneburg Heath | Elbe river near Otterndorf | 149.4 km |
| 159 | Stor River | East of Neumunster | Elbe | 87 km |
| 160 | Alster River | Henstedt-Ulzburg | Elbe (Hamburg) | 56 km |
| 161 | Bille River | Schleswig-Holstein | Elbe | 65 km |
| 162 | Ilmenau River | The confluence of the Gerdau and Stederau in Veerßen (a district of Uelzen) | Near Hooptie (a district of Winsen (Luhe)), into the Elbe | 121.5 km |
| 163 | Jeetzel River | Altmark | Elbe | 73 km |
| 164 | Locknitz River | Ziegendorf at Parchim | Near Wehningen into the Elbe | 66 km |
| 165 | Elde River | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Elbe | 220 km |
| 166 | Aland River | Biese, Altmark | Elbe | 28.0 km |
| 167 | Stepenitz River | Brandenburg | Elbe | 84 km |
| 168 | Havel River | Ankershagen, Mecklenburg | Ronstadt-Gnevsdorf | 325 km |
| 169 | Dosse River | Brandenburg | Havel | 94 km |
| 170 | Rhin River | Brandenburg | Havel | 133.3 km |
| 171 | Plane River | High Fläming Nature Park, near Rabenstein | Havel in the Breitlingsee lake west of Brandenburg a der Havel. | 57 km |
| 172 | Nuthe River | The flaming region, near Niedergorsdorf. | Havel in central Potsdam | 65 km |
| 173 | Spree River | Upper Lusatia | Havel | about 400 km |
| 174 | Dahme River | Brandenburg | Spree | 95 km |
| 175 | Ohre River | Lower Saxony | Elbe | 104.9 km |
| 176 | Pleiße River | Drei-Linden-Brunnen (formerly Alboldsbrunnen) in Ebersbrunn near Zwickau | White Elster (Elster flood plain) | 90 km |
| 177 | Weida River | Near Pausa | White Elster | 57 km |
| 178 | Unstrut River | Thuringia | Saale | 192 km |
| 179 | Wipper River | Eichsfeld area, northwestern Thuringia (near Leinefelde-Worbis) | Unstrut near Heldrungen | 95 km |
| 180 | Gera River | Thuringian Forest, west of Ilmenau | Unstrut | 85 km |
| 181 | Ilm River | Thuringian Forest | Saale | 129 km |
| 182 | Schwarza River | Thuringian Forest, near Neuhaus am Rennweg | Saale in Rudolstadt | 53 km |
| 183 | Mulde River | Zwickauer Mulde and Freiberger Mulde | Elbe | 124 km |
| 184 | Zwickauer Mulde River | Ore Mountains, near Schoneck, in the Vogtlandkreis | Mulde | 166 km |
| 185 | Chemnitz River | Zwonitz and Wurschnitz | Zwickauer Mulde | 75 km |
| 186 | Freiberger Mulde River | Near Moldava (Czech Republic) | Near Sermuth (a district of Colditz) (confluence with the Zwickauer Mulde) | 124 km |
| 187 | Zschopau River | Erzgebirge, on the slopes of the Fichtelberg (near the border with the Czech Republic) | Freiberger Mulde in the village Schweta, west of Dobeln | 128 km |
| 188 | Black Elster River | Lusatian Highlands (south of the village Kindisch in the borough of Elstra) | Elbe in the municipality of Elster | 179 km |
| 189 | Weißeritz River | The confluence of the Wild Weißeritz and Red Weißeritz | Elbe | 13.7 km |
| 190 | Wild Weißeritz River | Eastern Czech Ore Mountains | Weißeritz | 52.5 km |
| 191 | Wesenitz River | Lausitzer Bergland | Elbe | 83 km |
| 192 | Ohre River | Fichtel Mountains, Bavaria, Germany | Elbe, Czech Republic | 316 km |
| 193 | Vltava River | Cerna hora, Bohemian Forest | Elbe (Melnik) | 430 km |
| 194 | Berounka River | Mze (Griesbacher Wald, Germany) | Vltava (Prague) | 138.2 km |
| 195 | Mze River | Mies (Griesbacher Wald, Germany) | Berounka River (Plzen City) | 105.2 km |
| 196 | Eider River | Klaster Teich (Wattenbek) | North Sea (Tonning) | 188 km |
| 197 | Treene River | Bondenau (Mohrkirch, Angeln) | Eider (Friedrichstadt) | 95 km |
