Our (river)

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Our
The Our flowing through the Ardennes in Luxembourg
Course of the Our
Location
Countries	Belgium Luxembourg Germany
Reference no.	DE: 2626
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Northeast of the Eichelsberg in the municipality of Büllingen, parish of Manderfeld
• coordinates	50°22′38″N 6°20′45″E / 50.377186°N 6.345801°E / 50.377186; 6.345801
• elevation	ca. 643 m
Mouth
• location	Near Wallendorf into the Sauer
• coordinates	49°52′30″N 6°17′12″E / 49.875111°N 6.28667°E / 49.875111; 6.28667
• elevation	ca. 177 m above sea level (NHN)
Length	96.111 km (59.721 mi)
Basin size	668.334 km2 (258.045 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	at Gemünd Our gauge
• average	9.38 m3/s (331 cu ft/s)
• minimum	Record low: 50 L/s (1.8 cu ft/s) (5 July 1976) Average low: 545 L/s (19.2 cu ft/s)
• maximum	Average high: 118 m3/s (4,200 cu ft/s) Record high: 236 m3/s (8,300 cu ft/s) (22 December 1991)
Basin features
Progression	Sauer→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea

Our (Luxembourgish: [ˈuːɐ̯] ^ⓘ; French: [uʁ], German: [ˈuːɐ̯]) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left-hand tributary of the Sauer/Sûre. Its length is 96 kilometres (60 mi), and it drains a basin of 668 km² (258 sq mi).

The source lies in the High Fens in southeastern Belgium, near Manderfeld. The river flows southwards along the German–Belgian border, then from Ouren onward along the German–Luxembourg border. The historic town of Vianden lies on the Our. It empties into the Sauer near Wallendorf.

Course

The river rises in the eastern Ardennes and western Eifel on Belgian soil. Its source near Losheimergraben lies northeast of the Eichelsberg mountain (653 m) at 643 m, near the B 265. Just a few hundred metres away is the source of the River Kyll. The Our initially follows the B 265, also the Belgian–German border. From the tripoint by the Europa Monument between Ouren (Belgium), Sevenig (Germany), and Lieler (Luxembourg), it runs almost entirely on the German–Luxembourg border until Wallendorf. It generally meanders from north to south.

For the section along the German–Luxembourg border, the Our is a jointly managed condominium (the "Joint German–Luxembourg Sovereign Area"). Unilateral sovereignty begins only at the respective shore. In the upper reaches between Germany and Belgium, the border lies on the thalweg.

Tributaries

– Location of confluences measured from source –

• Ihrenbach (left, at km 21, length 15.9 km)
• Braunlauf (right, at km 23, length 15.4 km)
• Ulf (right, near km 30, length 17.8 km)
• Irsen (left, near km 67, length 35.5 km)

A comprehensive list including smaller tributaries is at the German Wikipedia.

Villages on the Our

The town of Vianden, one of the main tourist destinations in Luxembourg, lies on the Our. The Our Valley Route is a circular touring route through Belgium and northern Luxembourg.

Other villages include:

Usage

The Our is impounded north of Vianden by the Our Dam, forming the lower basin of the Vianden Pumped Storage Plant.

Gallery

• 
  The Our near Dasburg-Pont. Left: Germany, right: Luxembourg.
• 
  The Our near Dasburg
• 
  The tripoint between Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg at the Our
• 
  The Our valley northwest of Dasburg-Pont
• 
  The Our in Vianden
• 
  The Our near Vianden
• 
  Confluence with the Sauer

See also

• Our Natural Park

References

Further reading

• Leonard Palzkill: Ourtal ohne Grenzen. Neuerburg, 2006, ISBN 3-00-018095-8.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Our River.

• Ourtal-Route (pdf; 541 kB) at the Wayback Machine (archived February 16, 2012)
• Our Nature Park – tourism, ecology and events in northern Luxembourg
• Ensebach – Upper Our Nature Reserve at the Wayback Machine (archived September 3, 2014)
• Hochwassermeldezentrum Rheinland-Pfalz