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The Erft () is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Lower Rhine (left tributary). Its origin is near Nettersheim, and its mouth in Neuss-Grimlinghausen south of the Josef Cardinal Frings Bridge. The river is long, which is significantly shorter than it was originally. Due to the open-pit mining of lignite in the Hambacher Loch, the flow of the river had to be changed.
The Erft gave its name to the town of Erftstadt, through which it flows, as well as to the Rhein-Erft-Kreis.
The river reaches then Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen, Weilerswist, Erftstadt, Kerpen, Bergheim, Bedburg, Grevenbroich.
The river mouth to the Rhine ist located in Neuss, but the channel "Obererft (Upper Erft)" reaches the city border to Düsseldorf at Neuss Harbour.
Tributaries are (selected): Veybach, Swist, Rotbach, Neffelbach, Gillbach, Norfbach.
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