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14-521: The Swist flows through the municipality Swisttal , the town of Meckenheim and Flerzheim . There are cycle paths by the side of the stream along this stretch. The Swist gave its name to Swisttal and the town of Weilerswist . Its source area is situated at the northern edge of the Eifel. Its source lies at 330 m above  sea level (NN) in the northern part of the Eifel in the Ahr Hills , north of

28-485: A brook named Swist , which flows in the middle of the municipality. Swisttal is situated approximately 15 km west of Bonn . It covers an area of approx. 65 km² (of which 10 km² is forest, part of the Kottenforst , and 49 km² is used for agriculture). The municipality consists of the following parishes: as well as the hamlets of Hohn, Vershoven, Moemerzheim and Muettinghoven. The local administration

42-442: A natural preserve. This Rhein-Sieg-Kreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rhein-Sieg-Kreis The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis ( Kölsch : Rhein-Siech-Kreis ) is a Kreis (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis , Oberbergischer Kreis , Altenkirchen , Neuwied , Ahrweiler , Euskirchen , Rhein-Erft-Kreis ,

56-556: A proportional representation. On 3 November 2020, the Christian Democrats and the Greens announced their coalition agreement, renewing their 21-year governance. The district administrator is Sebastian Schuster. The Christian Democrat received 53.18% of the vote. The red lion is the symbol of the dukes of Berg , who owned a large part of the district. The black cross in the shield is the symbol of Cologne , because another part of

70-729: Is about 17% that of the Swist. The tributaries of the Swist are listed below. Originally the River Ahr flowed in what is now the riverbed of the Swist. After the uplifting of the Ahr Hills, and its route northwards was barred, the Ahr tried to find a way directly to the Rhine. In places it is said that the Swist is the longest stream (i.e. German Bach , small river) in Europe This probably goes back to when its course

84-584: Is situated between the villages Ludendorf and Essig. In the vicinity of the Buschhoven is the route of the former Eifel water pipeline ( Eifel Aqueduct ), a Roman aqueduct built to supply Cologne with drinking water. The water castle in Morenhoven, the castle of Heimerzheim and the reconciliation church in Buschhoven with its reconditioned romance organ, are worth mentioning. Kottenforst-Ville Nature Park ,

98-556: The urban district of Cologne . The federal city of Bonn is nearly completely surrounded by the district. The district as known today was created in 1969, during the reorganization of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia , by merging Sieg District with the District of Bonn (from which Bonn itself was separated in 1887 to become an urban district). Sieg District was created in 1825. Geographically Rhein-Sieg District covers

112-570: The Rheinbach Loess Plateau through Meckenheim , Flerzheim , Morenhoven , Heimerzheim and Metternich  [ de ; nl ] . At 106 m above NN the Swist empties into the Erft between Weilerswist and Bliesheim. Its catchment area lies between that of the Rhine near Bonn and its smaller tributaries like the Hardtbach or Alfterer Bornheimer Bach  [ de ] to

126-547: The bridge must have once had 295 arches with an inside width of 3.56 metres (11.7 ft). Nothing is left of the structure apart from a low strip of rubble. In Lützermiel the foundations of a Prussian bridge have survived. The bridge once carried the district road ( Bezirksstraße ) from Bonn to Schleiden, built in 1823, over the Swist. Swisttal Swisttal is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . Swisttal received its names from

140-468: The northwest and that of its parent river, the Erft around Euskirchen right in the west and peters out quickly towards the north-northwest. It is rural and, in the open country, arable fields predominate. Around the upper courses of the stream and its especially along its important left-hand tributaries there is a large contiguous forest as well as pastures and meadows. The largest part of the catchment belongs to

154-583: The state of North Rhine-Westphalia , the source region is in Rhineland-Palatinate . The most important tributary of the Swist is the Steinbach , which joins from the left at river kilometre 15.7 as the Jungbach . Between Schweinheim  [ de ; nl ] and Essig it bears the name Orbach . The 20.5-kilometre-long (12.7 mi) stream has a catchment of 48.227 km (18.621 sq mi) which

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168-743: The valley of the river Sieg and also, since the merger with the District of Bonn, that of the Rhine around Bonn , as well an area in the most easterly part of the Eifel . Municipal elections are held every five years, in which the district administrator ( German : Landrat ) and district council ( German : Kreistag ) of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis are chosen. The last election took place on 13 September 2020. The district council consists of 86 seats, half of which are chosen directly in 43 constituencies. The remaining 43 seats are distributed via party lists, resulting in

182-465: The village of Kalenborn in the collective municipality of Altenahr in the county of Ahrweiler . The Swist has an average gradient of 5 ‰ and flows initially to Vettelhoven ( Grafschaft ) in a northeasterly direction and then descends at a gradient of just 1.3 ‰ through the Fore-Eifel . It continues along the western slopes of the hill ridge Ville  [ de ; ro ] in the börde landscape of

196-458: Was marked by wide meanders in the area of the low gradient between Vettelhoven and its mouth. Since the straightening of the Swist in the early 20th century and certainly no later than its canalisation in the 1960s it has probably lost this record. The Roman aqueduct to Cologne crossed the valley of the Swist between Meckenheim and Rheinbach on an arched bridge which was 1,400 metres long and up to 10 metres high. Archaeologists have worked out that

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