Metuje

Flooding at the Mettau in Nove Mesto nad Metují, 1997

The Mettau ( Czech Metuje ) is a left tributary of the Elbe river in the Czech Republic.

The Mettau rises in the forest area northeast of the village Hottendorf ( Hodkovice ) south of the inner Adršpašské Rocks. Above this it is accumulated in the Adršpaš lake to then flow down over a waterfall in the area of ​​the inner rock city. There she has cut a narrow gorge in the up to 80 m high cliff. Addition Stepping out of the rock city takes them from the left to the coming of upper Adersbach Adršpaš Dorfbach and 1 km further downriver to the Schömberger Mountains, a spur of Waldburger highlands, near the village of Łączna arising with Chełmsko Śląskie in Lower Silesia Merkel villages Bach. It turns south and flows through the cities of Teplice nad Metují and Hronov. On the southern edge of Velké Poříčí their flows to the left side Brlenka that receives south of brnE on Polish territory the Czermnica ( Czech heritage Neyer Bach). Between Słone and the Náchod district Běloves ( Bielowes ) forms the Mettau for a distance of 500 meters, the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. In this area, it takes a left tributary to the Bystra ( Fast ), which rises near Zimne Vody in the foothills of the Eagle Mountains. About Náchod the Mettau Nove Mesto nad Metují reached where it turns west. After a total of 71 kilometers it reaches the city Jaroměř, where it flows into the Elbe.

Tributaries (not complete)

• Zdoňovský Brook (L )
• Ledhujka (L )
• Židovka (L )
• Dřevíč (R )
• Zbečnický Brook (L )
• Brlenka (L )
• Radechovka (R)
• Olešenka (L )
• Bystra (L )
• Rozkoš (R )

• Elbe river system
• River in Europe
• River in the Czech Republic
• Hradec Králové Region