Rimava

The Rimava in Rimavská Sobota

The Rimava ( Rimau German, Hungarian Rima ) is a 88 km long river in Slovakia and an influx of Slaná. It rises exactly in the center of Central Slovakia, south of Brezno between about 1400 meters high mountains of the Slovak Ore Mountains ( Slovenské rudohorie ). The various ores of varied colored rocks are mined since the Middle Ages and have brought some prosperity to the area. Today, however, many of the mines are shut down.

Only about 20 km forth five major rivers: the Hnilec and Hernád (both east to the river Tisza ), the ( German and Gran, whose long valleys turn west to the Danube ), and Waag (Slovak Vah ) and the Hron the shorter Ipeľ ( German Eipel ) in a southerly direction towards Budapest.

In the next 90 kilometers the Rimava united in the region of Rimavská Sobota with several other tributaries and is called from now Slaná. The accompanying hill and mountain chains are in Slovakia today kotlina (part of Juhoslovenská kotlina ) called Rimavská.

Mention is made of the river in the song piled high Rimaflut, the No. 2 from the Gypsy Songs, Op 103 by Johannes Brahms.