Nims
The Nims is a 61-kilometre-long, left-hand tributary of the River Prüm in the South Eifel region of the Eifel Mountains. It runs through the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Ambrosius and Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel.
Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel
Museum
The Siegfried Line Museum lies near the German-Luxembourg border in the Eifel mountains. It is housed in a bunker that was part of the former Siegfried Line, the Katzenkopf Strongpoint, which was built from 1937 to 1939.
Devil’s Gorge
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The Devil's Gorge or Teufelsschlucht is located on the eastern edge of the Ferschweiler Plateau within the South Eifel Nature Park in the vicinity of Irrel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Menningen and Minden.
Menningen
Village
Photo: Kilind, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Menningen is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Minden
Village
Photo: Christian Ries, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minden is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Steinheim
Village
Photo: Les Meloures, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu.
Steinheim is a town in the commune of Rosport-Mompach, in eastern Luxembourg. As of 2025, the town has a population of 672. Steinheim is situated 3 km south of Nims.
Nims
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Germany
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Nims” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Nims”
- Catalan: “Nims”
- Cebuano: “Nims”
- Chinese: “尼姆斯河”
- Chuvash: “Нимс”
- Croatian: “Nims (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Nims”
- Dutch: “Nims”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيمس”
- Esperanto: “Nims”
- French: “Nims”
- German: “Nims”
- Irish: “Nims”
- Japanese: “ニムス川”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nims”
- Persian: “رودخانه نیمز”
- Russian: “Нимс”
- Tajik: “Дарёи нимз”
- Tajik: “Нимз”
- Venetian: “Fiume Nims”
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Localities in the Area
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