Wupper
The Wupper is a right tributary of the Rhine in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Rising near Marienheide in western Sauerland it runs through the mountainous region of the Bergisches Land in Berg County and enters the Rhine at Leverkusen, south of Düsseldorf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Spring
- Description: river in Germany
- Also known as: “Wipperquelle” and “Wupperquelle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Quellgebiet der Wupper and Meinerzhagen airfield.
Quellgebiet der Wupper
Nature reserve
Photo: Walter Koch, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Quellgebiet der Wupper is a nature reserve.
Meinerzhagen airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meinerzhagen airfield is an aerodrome.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilbringhausen and Meinerzhagen.
Meinerzhagen
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meinerzhagen is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Meinerzhagen is situated 3½ km northeast of Wupper.
Kierspe
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kierspe is a town in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the western edge of the Sauerland on Volme River. Kierspe is situated 4 km north of Wupper.
Wupper
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.0929° or 51° 5′ 35″ northLongitude
7.59698° or 7° 35′ 49″ eastElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
9F393HVW+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2922119332OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Wupper” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فوبر”
- Arabic: “نهر الفوبر”
- Asturian: “Ríu Wupper”
- Belarusian: “Вупер”
- Belarusian: “Рака Вупер”
- Catalan: “Wupper”
- Cebuano: “Wupper”
- Chinese: “伍珀河”
- Chinese: “武珀河”
- Chuvash: “Вуппер”
- Czech: “Wupper”
- Danish: “Wupper”
- Dutch: “Wupper”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الفوبر”
- Esperanto: “Wupper”
- French: “Wupper”
- Galician: “río Wupper”
- German: “Wipper”
- German: “Wupper”
- Greek: “Βούπερ”
- Hebrew: “וופר”
- Indonesian: “Wupper”
- Irish: “Wupper”
- Italian: “Wupper”
- Japanese: “ヴッパー川”
- Latin: “Wippera”
- Latin: “Wuppa”
- Macedonian: “Вупер”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wupper”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wupper”
- Norwegian: “Wupper”
- Ossetian: “Вуппер”
- Persian: “ووپر”
- Piemontese: “Wupper”
- Polish: “Wupper”
- Romanian: “Wupper”
- Russian: “Вуппер”
- Slovenian: “Wipper”
- Slovenian: “Wupper”
- Spanish: “Wupper”
- Swedish: “Wupper”
- Ukrainian: “Вуппер”
- Venetian: “Fiume Wupper”
- Western Frisian: “Wupper”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Börlinghausen and Steinsmark.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quellgebiet Genkel and Quellbach- und Laubwaldbereich Deipensiefen.
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