Wild Gutach
The Wild Gutach (German: Wilde Gutach) is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows into the Elz in Gutach im Breisgau.
Wild Gutach | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Location | Black Forest |
Reference no. | DE: 23384 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | near Furtwangen (as the Heubach) |
• elevation | 1,065 m above sea level (NN) |
Mouth | |
• location | near Gutach im Breisgau into the Elz |
• coordinates | 48°07′14″N 7°59′23″E |
• elevation | 284 m above sea level (NN) |
Length | 25.2 km (15.7 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 129 km2 (50 sq mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Elz→ Rhine→ North Sea |
Landmarks | Small towns: Furtwangen, St. Märgen, Gütenbach, Simonswald and Gutach im Breisgau |
Population | c. 6600 |
Tributaries | |
• left | Glaserbach, Zweribach, Ettersbach |
• right | Bregenbach, Teichbach, Kilpenbach, Nonnenbach, Griesbach, Haslachsimonswälder Bach |
Sights and structures
- Hexenlochmühle with two overshot water wheels in a ravine-like witch's hole (Hexenloch)
- Balzer Herrgott, a stone statue of Christ which has almost grown into a tree
- Teichschlucht ravine below Gütenbach
- Hirschbach Falls and Zweribach Waterfalls in the rugged Zweribach Cirque (Bannwald and nature reserve)
- Plattensee Reservoir in the high valley of the Platte of the Zweribach
- Zweribachwerk, power station above Simonswald
- Brend summit
- Kandel summit
- Schultiskopf and Spitzer Stein (rocky arêtes)
- Kostgfällschlucht with waterfalls and the Gfällfelsen rock formation (climbing area, nature reserve)
- Chapel on the Hörnleberg
See also
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