Mümling

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Mümling
Mümling source, Beerfelden
Location Germany, Hesse, Bavaria
Reference no. DE: 2474
Length 49.7 km
Source Zwölf-Röhrenbrunnen in Beerfelden, Odenwald
49°34′06″N 8°58′31″E / 49.568256°N 8.97531°E / 49.568256; 8.97531Coordinates: 49°34′06″N 8°58′31″E / 49.568256°N 8.97531°E / 49.568256; 8.97531
Source height 400 m above sea level [1]
Mouth Obernburg
49°49′54″N 9°08′38″E / 49.831561°N 9.143929°E / 49.831561; 9.143929
Mouth height 117 m above sea level [1]
Descent 283 m
Basin Rhine
Progression Main Rhine North Sea
Catchment 377.35 km² [2]
Discharge[3] (at the border to Bavaria) Average low:    1.3394 m³/s
Average mid:   3.7205 m³/s
Mümling

The Mümling is a river in Germany. It is 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) long and lends its name to the Mümlingtal (Mümling valley) in Odenwald. In Bavaria it is sometimes called Mömling in official documents.

Etymology

The Romans named this river Nemaninga, and after it the Numerus Brittonum et exploratorum Nemaningensium unit in Obernburg. In the 9th century, this river was first mentioned with the name Mimininga. The name Mümling probably belongs to the so called "pra-european hydronyms" as a twin-form of Neman River.

Cities near Mümling

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Topographische Karte 1:25.000
  2. Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie: Retentionskataster Flußgebiet Mümling PDF-File (7.09 MB)
  3. Kartenservice zur Umsetzung der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Hessen

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