page_title: Eifgenbach
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Eifgenbach / References
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Eifgenbach in Burscheid, südlich der Eifgenburg
context_page_description: Eifgenbach is a 20.5 km-long river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its source is near Wermelskirchen, appr. 15 km south of Wuppertal. It runs in south-westerly direction, and its mouth into the river Dhünn is near Odenthal, appr. 15 km north-east of Cologne.
  460 acres of the river basin of the Eifgenbach and its tributaries have been declared nature reserve in order to protect its bio-diversity.
  About 1 km below the mouth into the Dhünn lies the Altenberger Dom, a monastery church built from 1255 on by Adolf IV, Count of Berg in Gothic style. Today the church belongs to the German state of North Rhine-Westfalia and is used both by the Protestants and Catholics as shared church.
context_section_description: Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW 2010) (xls; 4.67 MB)
caption: Natural river bed in the Riparian forest near Burscheid
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