Wertach_(river)

Wertach (river)

Wertach (river)

River in Germany

The Wertach is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany. This 141 km (88 mi)[1] long river is a left tributary of the Lech. The Wertach originates in the Northern Limestone Alps in Bad Hindelang, east of Sonthofen (district Oberallgäu). It flows north along the towns Wertach, Nesselwang, Marktoberdorf, Kaufbeuren, Schwabmünchen and Bobingen. The Wertach flows into the Lech (itself a tributary of the Danube) in Augsburg, and has a deep reservoir with a hydroelectric power plant.

Quick Facts Location, Country ...

See also

Sources

  • Nowotny, Peter (2001). An den Ufern der Wertach. Immenstadt 2001, ISBN 3-920269-16-0.

References

  1. [1]
    Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)


Stub icon

This article related to a river in Bavaria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Wertach_(river), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.