page_title: Werse
section_title: Sport and tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Werse / Sport and tourism
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kanusport auf der Werse im Winter; nahe Pleistermühle in Münster, Werse-Abschnitt im Landschaftsschutzgebiet „Werse-Ems-Niederung, Kreuzbach, Angel und Wolbecker Tiergarten“ English: River Werse near Pleistermühle in January 2010
context_page_description: The Werse is a 67 km long, left-hand tributary of the River Ems in Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The catchment area of the Werse is 762.47 km². Its name may be derived from a pre-Indo-European language, Vasconic, from which the Basque language developed. Its water quality is Class II-III and, in places, Class II. Contamination from communal sewage farms, fish ponds, but especially diffuse contamination from agriculture pollutes the mass balance of the Werse and leads to eutrophication along the entire river course, especially in the retention basin areas.
context_section_description: The Werse is the home river of the Alberslohe Canoe Club (Albersloher Kanu Club 1989), canoe section of TG Münster, the Münster Canoe Club 1923 (Paddelsport Münster von 1923) and Münster Canoe Club 1922 ( Kanuverein Münster 1922) There are also many boat houses belonging to Studentenverbindungen on the river. Especially in summer the river is heavily used by commercial boat hire organisations..
  In April 2007 the Werse Cycleway (Werseradweg) was opened. It starts in Rheda-Wiedenbrück and runs along the Werse and its surrounding countryside for 122 km. The cycleway ends near the confluence with the Ems near Münster-Gelmer.
caption: Canoes on the Werse in winter
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