Oybach

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Oybach
The Oybach near Gruben in winter

The Oybach near Gruben in winter

Data
Water code DE : 114214
location District of Oberallgäu
River system Danube
Drain over Trettach  → Iller  → Danube  → Black Sea
source as Schartenbach on the northwest slope of the Jochspitze
47 ° 21 '18 "  N , 10 ° 22' 23"  E
Source height approx.  1820  m
muzzle South of Oberstdorf in the Trettach Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '29 "  N , 10 ° 17' 37"  E 47 ° 23 '29 "  N , 10 ° 17' 37"  E
Mouth height approx.  850  m
Height difference approx. 970 m
Bottom slope approx. 10%
length 9.4 km (with Schartenbach and Stuibenbach)

The Oybach is a 10 km long right tributary of the Trettach . It runs as a mountain river in the Oytal near Oberstdorf in the Allgäu Alps . Its valley is the habitat of numerous rare animals and plants and is therefore one of the special valleys in the Alps .

course

It rises as a Schartenbach on the northwest slope of the Jochspitze and forms the Stuibenbach in the rear Oytal together with several other source brooks , which merges into the Oybach after the imposing Stuibenfall . The Oybach offers a unique natural spectacle. The river bed is completely dry for a long stretch down the valley in summer, although plenty of water flows into the valley from the mountain slopes. The reason for this is the extremely permeable limestone soil . When the water level is normal, the water flows underground in a broad stream down the valley. The river only reappears below the Oytalhaus. Numerous "sources" let the river rise to a considerable mountain river within a short time.

Tributaries

  • Stuibenbach (upper course)
  • Laufbach (right)
  • Seebach (right)

literature

  • Wilfried Bahnmüller (Ed.): Right hiking, Allgäu and Ammergau Alps . DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1993

Picture gallery

Web links

Commons : Oybach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. GeoFachDatenAtlas and water services of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment