Nette (Middle Rhine) Explained

Nette
Image Alt:The Nette at Mayen
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Germany
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Rhineland-Palatinate
Source1 Coordinates:50.4336°N 7.0899°W
Mouth Coordinates:50.4283°N 7.4489°W
Length:59.1km (36.7miles)
Source1 Elevation:562m (1,844feet)
Mouth Elevation:59m (194feet)
Basin Size:372.398km2

The Nette is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. It rises in the Eifel, south of Nürburg. The Nette flows east through Mayen before reaching the Rhine between Weißenthurm and Andernach.

The Nette is not navigable and has otherwise no strategical importance. It is used in Mayen, among other things, as a supply of the local paper industry. It gives its name to the beer Nette Edel Pils, originally brewed in Weißenthurm (but now brewed in Koblenz by the Koblenzer Brauerei), and the Clinic Nette-Gut of Forensic Psychiatry at Weißenthurm.

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