Daade

Daade
Location
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Reference no.	DE: 27228
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Not far from the Stegskopf in the High Westerwald (above Emmerzhausen)
• coordinates	50°42′24″N 8°01′29″E / 50.706704°N 8.024584°E / 50.706704; 8.024584
• elevation	ca. 574 m above sea level (NHN)
Mouth
• location	On the eastern edge of Alsdorf into the Heller
• coordinates	50°46′54″N 7°53′34″E / 50.781774°N 7.892868°E / 50.781774; 7.892868
• elevation	ca. 196 m above sea level (NHN)
Length	16.029 km (9.960 mi)1
Basin size	53.283 km2 (20.573 sq mi)1
Basin features
Progression	Heller→ Sieg→ Rhine→ North Sea

The Daade (also called the Daadenbach) is the largest tributary of the River Heller, in the district of Altenkirchen in the northeast of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It flows through the northeastern part of the Westerwald. It is 16.027 kilometres (9.959 mi) long and has a catchment area of 53.28 km² (20.57 sq mi).²

The Daade Valley Railway runs along the Daade from Daaden via Alsdorf to Betzdorf, on the main line from Cologne to Siegen.

The villages on the Daade are:

• Emmerzhausen
• Daaden (largest settlement on the Daade)
• Biersdorf (part of Daaden)
• Niederdreisbach
• Schutzbach
• Alsdorf

The tributaries of the Daade (in downstream order) are the:

• Derscherbach (left, 3.9 km, 9.3 km²) (GKZ 272282)
• Birenbach (right, 2.0 km, 2.3 km²) (GKZ 2722832)
• Friedewalderbach (left, 4.9 km, 8.1 km²) (GKZ 272284)
• Dreisbach (left, 5.6 km, 8.4 km²) (GKZ 272286)
• Schutzbach (left, 3.1 km, 3.6 km²) (GKZ 272288)

All left tributaries have their sources on the Neunkhausen-Weitefeld Plateau, but cut deep valleys in the Heller Upland.