Gunz

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Günz (disambiguation) .

Gunz
Meander of the Eastern Günz south of Ronsberg
Data
Water code	EN : 1158
location	Germany , Bavaria
River system	Danube
Drain over	Danube  → Black Sea
origin	at Lauben (confluence of the east and west Günz) 48 ° 3 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 6 ″  E
Source height	575  m above sea level NHN
muzzle	in the Danube near Günzburg Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '44 "  N , 10 ° 16' 32"  E 48 ° 27 '44 "  N , 10 ° 16' 32"  E
Mouth height	440  m above sea level NHN
Height difference	135 m
Bottom slope	2.5 ‰
length	55 km
Catchment area	710 km²
Discharge at the Waldstetten A Eo gauge : 594 km². Location: 14.8 km above the mouth	NNQ (12.12.1991) MNQ 1955–2006 MQ 1955–2006 Mq 1955–2006 MHQ 1955–2006 HHQ (12.08.2002)	2.13 m³ / s 3.55 m³ / s 8.37 m³ / s 14.1 l / (s km²) 65.4 m³ / s 111 m³ / s
Small towns	Gunzburg
Upper course of the Eastern Günz in Obergünzburg

The Günz is an approximately 55 km long right tributary of the Danube in the Upper Swabian Alpine foothills in Bavaria .

Surname

The name is said to be derived from the Indo-European "* gheu" - "pour" - meaning "water-rich river".

course

The Günz arises near Lauben in the Unterallgäu district from the confluence of the Western and Eastern Günz and flows mainly towards the north. It flows into the Danube from the right at Günzburg and drains 710  km² and is the longest brook system in Bavaria.

The Günz glacial period , one of the main Alpine icing periods , is named after her.

Source rivers

Western Gunz

The western Günz is 19 km long and rises west of Obergünzburg in the municipality of Untrasried. It flows through Ottobeuren . In Westerheim it crosses under the federal motorway 96 and then merges with the Eastern Günz at Lauben.

Tributaries of the western Günz

• Bücklingsbach (right)
• Rohrwegbach (left)
• Moosmühlbach (right)
• Schweinwaldbach (left)
• Boschachbach (right)
• Geisbach (right)
• Schinderbächlein (left)
• Schwelk (right)
• Krebsbach (left)

Eastern Gunz

The 17 km long Eastern Günz rises in Günzach . It flows in a northerly direction through Obergünzburg , then runs parallel to the state road 2012 to Markt Rettenbach and crosses under the A96 at Erkheim . At Lauben the eastern and western Günz flow together.

Tributaries of the Eastern Günz

• Tobelbach (left, sometimes viewed as the upper course)
• Wifelsbach (left)
• Salabach (right)
• Stockerbächlein (right)
• Riedbach (right)

Tributaries of the Günz

• Klosterbeurener Bach (left)
• Auerbach (left)
• Reutegraben (left)
• Haselbach (right)
• Schildbach (left)
• Schwarzbach (left)
• Hausener Bach (left)
• Rohrbach (left)
• Schnierbach (right)
• Kötz (left)
• Winterbach (right)
• Denzinger Bach (right)
• Bubesheimer Bach (left)
• Riemgraben (right)

Places on the Günz

The valley of the Eastern Günz near Ronsberg

Eastern Gunz Gunzach Obergünzburg Ronsberg Engetried Rettenbach market Gottenau Sontheim Schlegelsberg Erkheim Western Gunz Hopferbach Ottobeuren Westerheim Gunz

Gunz Arbors Egg on the Günz Babenhausen Kettershausen Tafertshofen Breitenthal Deisenhausen Wattenweiler Ellzee Ichenhausen Kötz Wasserburg on the Günz Gunzburg

ecology

Some of the fish in the Günz are contaminated with PFC and should therefore not be consumed.

See also

• List of bodies of water in the Günz river system

Web links

Commons : Günz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Günz on: Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Hydrological Yearbook Danube Region 2006 Bavarian State Office for the Environment, p. 111, accessed on October 4, 2017, at: bestellen.bayern.de (PDF, German, 24.2 MB).
2. ^ Joseph Schnetz, River names of Bavarian Swabia, 1st issue, Verlag Dr. C. Wolf & Sohn, Munich, 1950
3. ↑ Brochure about the natural diversity in Swabia. Government of Swabia, accessed January 19, 2016 . 
4. ^ Frickenhausen: Chemicals: Contaminated fish discovered in the Günz. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de . August 31, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .