Daade

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 km long and has a catchment area of 53.28 km2.

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

Villages
The villages on the Daade are:


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

Tributaries
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.