Course In its upper reaches the Adenauer Bach is known as the
Breidscheider Bach It then flows in a westerly direction, mostly in pipes, through the town of Adenau and then heads north, passing the villages of
Leimbach and
Niederadenau (part of
Dümpelfeld). In Dümpelfeld it discharges from the right into the
Rhine tributary, the
Ahr at about 209 m.
Catchment and tributaries The catchment area is 58.5 km² and drains via the Ahr and Rhine into the
North Sea. Among the tributaries of the Adenauer Bach are the following (in downstream order): == Remarks ==