Rahmede

Rahmede in mill Rahmede

The Rahmede is a small river in the Sauerland region, in the Mark Brandenburg district in North Rhine -Westphalia. It rises in Lüdenscheid, flows through the tortuous Rahmedetal and ends at Altena in the Lenne. On the way to its mouth it flows through neighborhoods that were named after her. In Lüdenscheid it's upper and Rahmede in Altena the districts Altroggenrahmede and mill Rahmede. It open a total of 25 streams in the Rahmede. Probably the biggest is the Fuelbecke that flows through the previously Fuelbecketalsperre. It is powered by more than a dozen streams. One of them is the Buschhauser Bach. Not far from the church cock it flows into the Green path Siepen and together with the Hunscheider Bach is it to Riet Hahner Bach, which also flows into the Fuelbecketalsperre.

Due to the relatively steep gradients the Rahmede and its tributaries were once commonly used for water-driven hammer mills for metal processing mills and grain processing.

Tributaries

Below are some tributaries are called with their length and orographic situation. To the extent known, the catchment area is listed. The tributaries are named in the mouth of sequence downstream.

• Wehberger Bach - 0.7 km long left tributary ( catchment area: 1.481 km ²)
• Eggen Scheider Bach - 1.8 km long left tributary ( catchment area: 1.451 km ²)
• Thin board Siepen - 1.4 km long left tributary
• Fuelbecke - 2.8 km long right tributary ( catchment area: 5.442 km ²)
• Mill Stream - 2,0 km long left tributary ( catchment area: 1.759 km ²)