Dinkel (river)
River in Germany and the Netherlands
title: "Dinkel (river)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-north-rhine-westphalia", "rivers-of-lower-saxony", "rivers-of-overijssel", "dinkelland", "losser", "rivers-of-the-netherlands", "rivers-of-germany", "international-rivers-of-europe"] description: "River in Germany and the Netherlands" topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinkel_(river)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Germany and the Netherlands ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox river"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dinkel |
| image | Rivier de Dinkel.jpg |
| image_caption | The Dinkel near Losser |
| source1_location | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| source1_coordinates | |
| mouth_location | Vechte |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| progression | |
| subdivision_type1 | Countries |
| subdivision_name1 | Germany and Netherlands |
| length_km | 89.0 |
| length_ref | |
| source1_elevation | 80 m |
| basin_size_km2 | 641 |
| basin_size_ref | |
| :: |
| name = Dinkel | image = Rivier de Dinkel.jpg | image_caption = The Dinkel near Losser | source1_location = North Rhine-Westphalia | source1_coordinates= | mouth_location = Vechte | mouth_coordinates = | progression = | subdivision_type1 = Countries | subdivision_name1 = Germany and Netherlands | length_km = 89.0 | length_ref = | source1_elevation = 80 m | discharge1_avg = | basin_size_km2 = 641 | basin_size_ref = The Dinkel is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, left tributary of the Vecht. Its total length is 89 km, of which 47 km in Germany. The Dinkel originates in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Ahaus and Coesfeld. It flows north to Gronau, crosses the border with the Netherlands (Overijssel), flows through Losser, Denekamp, and recrosses the border to Germany (Lower Saxony). The Dinkel joins the Vechte in Neuenhaus.
Jacob van Ruisdael depicted the landscape of the Dinkel and its watermills near Denekamp in his work Two Watermills and an Open Sluice near Singraven. These watermills still exist.
In the Netherlands the river gave name to the village of Overdinkel and to the municipality of Dinkelland.
Near Denekamp some of the waters of the Dinkel are used to regulate the levels of the Almelo-Nordhorn canal.
Gallery
Heek, de Dinkel foto7 2016-04-03 15.08.jpg|The Dinkel near Heek Gronau Dinkel.jpg|The Dinkel in Gronau Dinkel Lutterzand 2.jpg|near De Lutte RivierDinkel.JPG|The Dinkel in Lutterzand Denekamp Dinkel Onderleider.JPG|near Denekamp
References
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