Vils (Lech)
| Vils | ||
 View from Falkenstein Castle near Pfronten into the Tyrolean Vilstal |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | AT : 2-4-105, DE : 124 | |
| location | Tyrol ( Austria ), Bavaria ( Germany ) | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Lech → Danube → Black Sea | |
| source | below the Jubiläumsweg , Allgäu Alps 47 ° 27 ′ 49 ″ N , 10 ° 28 ′ 38 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1658 m above sea level A. | |
| muzzle | North-east of Vils in den Lech Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '18 " N , 10 ° 39' 59" E 47 ° 33 '18 " N , 10 ° 39' 59" E |
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| Mouth height | 803 m above sea level A. | |
| Height difference | 855 m | |
| Bottom slope | 24 ‰ | |
| length | 36.1 km | |
| Catchment area | 199.4 km² | |
| Discharge at the Vils gauge (Lände) A Eo : 198.1 km² Location: 1.34 km above the mouth |
NNQ (03/18/1971) MNQ 1961–2009 MQ 1961–2009 Mq 1961–2009 MHQ 1961–2009 HHQ (05/22/1999) |
550 l / s 1.78 m³ / s 7.68 m³ / s 38.8 l / (s km²) 98.1 m³ / s 253 m³ / s |
| Flowing lakes | Vilsalpsee | |
The Vils is a 36 km long left tributary of the Lech in the Alps in Austria and Germany . It drains a catchment area of around 200 km² with average annual rainfall of more than 1500 mm.
The river has its source below the Jubiläumsweg in the Allgäu Alps in Tyrol (Austria). First of all, it flows through the Vilsalpsee in an easterly direction . The Vils flows first in north and north-westerly directions in the Reutte district through the Vils and Tannheimer Tal and in the latter along the B 199 through the communities of Tannheim , Zöblen and Schattwald . Then it falls just a little east-northeast of the Oberjoch Pass and just a few hundred meters east of the border with Germany in a northerly direction over the Vilsfall. The river then crosses the border to southern Bavaria (Germany), turns to the northeast and reaches the municipality of Pfronten in the Ostallgäu district .
It flows at the foot of the Falkenstein by Pfronten in southeast direction changes across the border to Tyrol, flowing below the Tannheimer Mountains just south of and parallel to the German border by the municipality of Vils and ends just after the lower crossing the Fernpass federal highway B 179 in the Lech .
As part of a LIFE project, the Vils is given a new status, both ecologically and in terms of protective hydraulic engineering. The construction measures provide flood security for the city of Vils. At the same time, the river is given enough leeway to design and redesign habitats that are characteristic for animals and plants.
The entire course of the Vils has water quality classes I-II.
Shortly before it flows into the Lech, the Vils has an average flow rate of 7.68 m³ / s.
Web links
- Water level, flow and water temperature of the Vils at the gauge Vils (Lände) (Hydrographischer Dienst Tirol)
Individual evidence
- ↑ TIRIS - Tyrolean regional planning and information system
- ^ Hydrographic characteristics of the state of Tyrol
- ↑ Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (ed.): Hydrographisches Jahrbuch von Österreich 2009. 117th volume. Vienna 2011, p. OG 84, PDF (12.1 MB) on bmlrt.gv.at (yearbook 2009)
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (ed.): Saprobiological water quality of the flowing waters of Austria. As of 2005. ( PDF; 1 MB ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
