Wigger (river)

Wigger Änziwigger (upper course)
The wiggers between Zofingen and Strengelbach
Data
Water code	CH : 507
location	Switzerland Canton lucerne Kanton Aargau
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	Well 47 ° 0 ′ 22 "  N , 7 ° 56 ′ 40"  E
Source height	approx.  1260  m above sea level M.
muzzle	Between Rothrist and Aarburg near Wiggerspitz in the Aare Coordinates: 47 ° 18 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 53 ′ 32 ″  E ; CH1903:  634 306  /  240620 47 ° 18 '56 "  N , 7 ° 53' 32"  O
Mouth height	392  m above sea level M.
Height difference	approx. 868 m
Bottom slope	approx. 21 ‰
length	41 km
Catchment area	380.29 km²
Discharge at the gauge Zofingen A Eo : 366 km² Location: 4.5 km above the mouth	NNQ (2003) MNQ 1980–2016 MQ 1980–2016 Mq 1980–2016 MHQ 1980–2016 HHQ (2007)	800 l / s 3.45 m³ / s 5.77 m³ / s 15.8 l / (s km²) 7.87 m³ / s 168 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Luther
Right tributaries	Buechwigger , Seewag , Wanger-Rot , Ron , Hürnbach

source muzzle

Source and mouth of the Wigger

The Wigger (formerly also Wiggeren , dialect Wiggere or Wegere ) is a 41 kilometer long river in the Swiss cantons of Lucerne and Aargau . It is an important tributary of the Aare and flows for almost its entire length in a south-north direction. The most important town in the Wiggertal is Zofingen .

course

The river, called Enziwigger in the uppermost part, rises on the northern slope of the Napf , not far from the border with the canton of Bern , at an altitude of around 1300 meters. It flows steeply down through a narrow valley to Hergiswil , where the valley becomes wider and much flatter. Shortly below the town of Willisau , it merges with the Buechwigger and is henceforth called Wigger. The valley widens to a flat and wide plain. To the north of Dagmersellen , the Wigger is largely canalised and partly runs parallel to the A2 motorway . The Aargau canton border is crossed between Reiden and Brittnau . Between Rothrist and Aarburg , the Wigger flows into the Aare at an altitude of 392 meters.

Tributaries of the Wigger are the Seewag , the Wanger-Rot , the Ron , the Luthern and the Hürnbach .

Usage and cultural history

The Wigger was subjected to a water correction in 1821 by the government of the Canton of Aargau . Up until the second half of the 19th century there were gold panning operations at the mouth of the Wigger , which were then given up due to a lack of income.

gallery

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  Enziwigger in Hergiswil near Willisau

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  Enziwigger in front of the historic town of Willisau

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  Estuary of the Wigger between Aarburg and Rothrist

Web links

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

• Waltraud Hörsch: Wigger (river). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
2. ↑ Evaluations of the water network. (XLSX) FOEN , December 2013, accessed on August 9, 2017 (listing of Swiss rivers> 30km). 
3. ↑ Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved June 10, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Zofingen measuring station 1980–2016 (PDF) Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
5. ^ ^{A b} Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 6: Tavetsch Val - Zybachsplatte, supplement - last additions - appendix . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1910, p. 632, keyword Wigger, also Wiggeren . ( Scan the page )