Platißbach

The Platißbach is a roughly 7 km, southern and orographically right-hand tributary of the River Olef in the municipality of Hellenthal in Germany.

Course
The Platißbach rises in the High Fens-Eifel Nature Park in the North Eifel natural region of the Hollerath Plateau. Its source lies about 2.5 km northwest of the village of Hollerath and 1 km north of the Belgian border at a height of about 605 m.

The Platißbach initially flows in a northern direction. After about 1 km it collects an unnamed stream from the left and changes direction to head east. On reaching the B 265 it changes course again and flows parallel to the road in a northwesterly direction to its mouth. On its way it flows through the Platißbach Valley Nature Reserve. The Platißbach picks up other tributaries from both sides, near Platiß (a district of Hellenthal), the only village it passes, at a height of about 422 m, it is joined by its main tributary, the Prether Bach. In Hellenthal it empties into the Urft tributary, the Olef, at about 403 m.

Catchment and tributaries
The catchment of the Platißbachs is 38.6 km2 in area and drains over the Olef, Urft, Rur, Meuse and Hollands Diep into the North Sea.