Güns (river)

Güns Gyöngyös
Lockenhaus Castle above the Güns
Data
location	Burgenland (Austria) and Vas County (Hungary)
River system	Danube
Drain over	Raab  → Danube  → Black Sea
source	at Redlschlag in the Bernstein Mountains
Source height	approx.  680  m above sea level A.
muzzle	at Sárvár in the Raab coordinates: 47 ° 17 '10 "  N , 16 ° 57' 55"  E 47 ° 17 '10 "  N , 16 ° 57' 55"  E
Mouth height	147  m
Height difference	approx. 533 m
Bottom slope	approx. 7.4 ‰
length	72 km
Catchment area	703.2 km²
Drain on level Gencsapáti	MQ	1.5 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Zöbernbach
Medium-sized cities	Szombathely
Small towns	Kőszeg , Sárvár

The Güns ( Hungarian Gyöngyös ) is a 72 km long river (with the Zöbernbach around 95 km) in central Burgenland and in western Hungarian Vas county . The Güns rises a little north of Bernstein in the Redlschlag district in the Bernstein Mountains . It reaches Hungarian territory near Rattersdorf , flows through the cities of Kőszeg ( Güns ) and Szombathely ( Steinamanger ) and finally flows into the Raab (Hungarian Rába ) after Sárvár ( Kotenburg or Rotenturm an der Raab ).

The course of the Güns river has two special features. After about 12 km the Zöbernbach flows into Lockenhaus . Although it covers an almost three times longer stretch of river up to the confluence with the Güns and has a significantly higher water flow, the Güns retains its name. Just before Szombathely and about halfway along the river, a large part of the Günswater is diverted into the nearby Perint ( Prenten ).

The Latin name of the Güns is Sibaris and gave its name to the Roman Sabaria , today's Szombathely. The current name Zöbern is likely to be a modification of "Sibaris" or "Sabaria".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BMLFUW (ed.) : List of areas of the river areas: Leitha, Rabnitz and Raab areas. In: Contributions to Austria's hydrography, issue No. 63, Vienna 2014, pp. 69/69. PDF download , accessed July 6, 2018.