Vesdre

The Vesdre (German: Weser ) is a river of the Eiffel. It takes its source in the east of Belgian Fagne, close to the German village of Konzen, commune of Monschau (Montjoie), with a few kilometers hardly of the Belgian border. Close to Roetgen a deviation of 2,5 km was built to avoid possible bacterial pollution. With the Ghete (German: Getz ) it feeds the stopping of Eupen which is used as point of drinking water collecting.

Etymology

The name Vesdre ( Weser in Germany, country where part of its course proceeds) comes from the very old term Vizara or Izara , formed of two preceltic roots (Ligure S) coupled. The first, viz- or iz- , and the second - macaw . Iz or viz meaning valley digs , and macaw meaning river , the word Vizara or Vesdre thus means river in the valley digs .

The two roots meet in good of other names of river of Europe, as well in old the Gaulle as in the neighbouring areas. One recognizes easily Viz-macaw in the name of the river of the north of Germany sprinkling Bremen and which is called Weser (pronounce véz-er ), like in the names Vézère and Auvézère, both Aquitaine and rivers of the Limousin.

The form iz-macaw is found of course in the name of the large called French river Isere , which besides gave its name to an important department.

But it constitutes also the origin of the name of the river Isar which sprinkles Munich in Bavaria, and in that of the small Franco-Belgian river Yser , both coming from will izara , or in the name which the Romans gave to the Oise: Isara i.e. iz-macaw . The adjective isarien remained besides in modern French to qualify what refers to Oise.

Geography

The principal affluents of Vesdre are Ghete, the Helle, the Gileppe, and the Hoëgne.

After a course of approximately 60 km, Vesdre joined the Ourthe with Chênée (Liege), 2600 m before this one does not join the Meuse.

It sprinkles Eupen, Dolhain, Verviers, Pepinster, Prayon and Chaudfontaine.

The water of Vesdre coming mainly from the High Fagnes is very low in minerals, therefore ideal to wash wools. This supported the establishment of industries of the textile at the 18th century in the valley.

Flow

The medium flow observed with Chênée (Liege) between 1995 and 2004 is of 11,4 m ³ a second. During the same period one recorded:

an average maximum of 14,7 m ³ in 2002.
an average minimum of 6,3 in 1996.

Source: Walloon region .

See too

Photographs High-Fagnes and of the sources of Vesdre

Reference

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