What is "schwalm"

The Schwalm ( German) or Swalm ( Dutch), is a small river in Germany and the Netherlands, tributary to the river Meuse. Its source is near Wegberg, in the district Heinsberg, south-west of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). The Schwalm flows through Wegberg and Brüggen before flowing into the Meuse across the border with the Netherlands, in Swalmen. Its total length is 46 km.

The Schwalm is a river in Hesse, Germany, right tributary of the Eder. It rises on the north side of the Vogelsberg Mountains. It flows north through Alsfeld, Schwalmstadt and Borken. The Schwalm flows into the Eder near Wabern, east of Fritzlar, after a total length of 97 km. The main tributaries are the Efze, the Gilsa, the Grenff and the Antrift.

Category:Rivers of Hesse

Schwalm may refer to the following geographical features in Germany:

• Schwalm (North Hesse), a cultural landscape in North Hesse, in the county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
• Schwalm (region), a natural region in the West Hesse Depression
• Schwalm (Eder), a tributary of the Eder in North Hesse
• Schwalm (Meuse), a tributary of the Maas between Rur, Nette and Niers in North Rhine-Westphalia. Known as the Swalm in the Netherlands.

Schwalm is also the surname of the following people:

• Fritz Schwalm (b 1910), German SS-Führer and convicted war criminal
• J. Peter Schwalm (b 1970), German composer and music producer
• Johann Heinrich Schwalm (1864–1946), German teacher, schools inspector, local historian and poet
• Jürgen Schwalm (b 1932), German Dichterarzt
• Monika Schwalm (1946–2008), German politician (CDU), MdL
• Viktoria Schwalm (b 1997), German female footballer
• Wolfgang Schwalm (b 1954), German folk music interpreter, member of the Wildecker Herzbuben
• Jeanette Schwalm (b 1996), German Schwalm and Deli enthusiast

The Schwalm is a natural region or landscape unit within the West Hesse Depression and also the smallest basin within it. It is named after the River Schwalm, on whose middle reaches it lies. In the esat the Schwalm region is bounded by the Knüll hills, in the south by the northern foothills of the Vogelsberg and, in the west, by the Gilserberg Heights. In the north the Schwalm transitions into the Landsburg Basin.

The natural region sub-unit of the Schwalm has the following sub-sub-units:

Sub-units of the Schwalm natural region

Number

343.0

343.00

343.01

343.02

In local usage the landscape name "Schwalm" usually just refers to the northern part, i.e. the Wasenberg Terraces and the Schwalmgrund.