Gennach (river)
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The young Gennach in the Gennachmoos southeast of Biessenhofen |
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Water code | EN : 1266 | |
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Bavaria
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River system | Danube | |
Drain over | Wertach → Lech → Danube → Black Sea | |
source | south of Biessenhofen-Gennachsäge 47 ° 48 ′ 14 ″ N , 10 ° 40 ′ 47 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 770 m | |
muzzle | At Schwabmünchen-Wertachau from the right into the Wertach coordinates: 48 ° 10 '19 " N , 10 ° 43' 49" E 48 ° 10 '19 " N , 10 ° 43' 49" E |
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Mouth height | approx. 550 m | |
Height difference | approx. 220 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 4.5 ‰ | |
length | 48.9 km | |
Catchment area | 256.71 km² | |
Discharge at the Buchloe A Eo gauge: 136.33 km² Location: 17.8 km above the mouth |
NNQ MNQ 1965-2007 MQ 1965-2007 Mq 1965-2007 MHQ 1965-2007 HHQ (May 23, 1999) |
125 l / s 400 l / s 1.43 m³ / s 10.5 l / (s km²) 8.26 m³ / s 14.3 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Hungerbach | |
Right tributaries | Hühnerbach |
The Gennach is the longest river in the Ostallgäu and the longest tributary of the Wertach with a length of 47 km.
Its catchment area (422.65 km²) is in the administrative region of Swabia in Bavaria (Germany). The source of the Gennach is on the Fenenberg near Bernbach ( Bidingen municipality ). The Gennach is a body of water of the 2nd order from the confluence of the main river and the until then longer Hühnerbach ( 47 ° 59 ′ 9 ″ N , 10 ° 43 ′ 50 ″ E ) near Ummenhofen ( Jengen municipality ), which has its origin nearby von Rettenbach am Auerberg has. It flows through 11 communities and the city of Buchloe as well as the urban area of Schwabmünchen , where the Gennach in Wertachau flows into the Wertach .
Towns and cities
The Gennach flows through the following localities or past the following localities:
- Gennachsäge (municipality of Biessenhofen )
- Bernbach (municipality of Bidingen )
- Hammerschmiede (municipality of Stöttwang )
- Gennachhausen (municipality of Stöttwang )
- Reichenbach (municipality of Stöttwang )
- Gold mine ( Stöttwang municipality )
- Thalhofen an der Gennach (municipality of Stöttwang )
- Linden (municipality of Stöttwang )
- Dösingen (municipality of Westendorf )
- Westendorf
- Gutenberg (Oberostendorf) (municipality of Oberostendorf )
- Schwäbishofen (municipality of Germaringen )
- Eurishofen ( Jengen municipality )
- St. Kreuzmühle ( Jengen municipality )
- Koneberg (Jengen municipality)
- Ummenhofen ( Jengen municipality )
- Wiesmühle ( Jengen municipality )
- Jengen
- Urbansfeld ( Jengen municipality )
- Schöttenau (City of Buchloe )
- Lindenberg (City of Buchloe)
- Buchloe
- Eschenlohmühle (municipality of Lamerdingen )
- Kreuzhof (municipality of Lamerdingen )
- Lamerdingen
- Solitude (municipality of Langerringen )
- Gennachermühle (municipality of Langerringen )
- Gennach (municipality of Langerringen )
- Bichl (municipality of Langerringen )
- Hiltenfingen
- Hiltenfinger Keller ( Hiltenfingen municipality )
- Wertachau (City of Schwabmünchen )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Length according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Lech river area, page 62 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
- ↑ Catchment area according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Lech river area, page 62 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
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