Salm (Moselle)

Salm between Eichelhütte and Himmerod

The Salm is a left tributary of the Moselle River. It rises in the south of Salmwald Gerolstein at Salm in the Eifel and opens the wine village Klüsserath. The length is 63.4 km, the catchment area has a size of 298.5 km ². The river is largely natural or near-natural.

In Großlittgen at the Salm Himmerod the monastery is located.

In ancient times the river was called Salmona and is mentioned in Ausonius. The name of the river probably derives from the Salm, so the salmon, from which in the Salm and 1930 had excellent spawning grounds and was abundant.

To the south of the country Scheid joins the Kailbach in the Salm.

Geomorphology

Due to the geological underground in the Salm Valley, the sometimes is made of red sandstone, the Salmtal different in longitudinal and transverse profile of other Eifel streams. The floodplain is less tortuous and numerous side valleys are permanently dry or carry only intermittently or episodically water. The alluvial sediments are sandy in comparison to neighboring Lieser (Mosel). Local Talmoore are formed. The formation of sandy Auelehme began in the mid Salmtal already in the early Middle Ages due to increased land use in the catchment.

Salm- cycle path

The 17- kilometer Salm- cycle path between the villages of Dreis, Salmtal - Dörbach, Sehlem, Esch, Rivenich and Klüsserath / Mosel.