The Bära is a river in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. The Bära is a tributary of the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

, and originates at the confluence of the Obere Bära (''Upper Bära'') and the Untere Bära (''Lower Bära''). The Bära, together with the Lower Bära, which is longer and has a larger drainage basin, has a combined length of . Obere and Untere Bära join to form the Bära in the ''Galgenwiesen'' ("gallows meadow"), about four kilometers above the resort of

Bärenthal Bärenthal is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen (district), Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Beuron Archabbey, Beuron Abbey gained possession of Bärenthal in 1751. It became a possession of the Principality of Hohen ...

. This runs moderately without significant inflow a further south-southeast in Talschlingen, draining an additional area of . Passing through Bärenthal at last it flows into

Fridingen Fridingen () is a town in the district of Tuttlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 10 km east of Tuttlingen, and 23 km west of Sigmaringen. A large hoard of Bronze Age jewellery (mostly armlets and brac ...

and there, near the town mill, it flows last of all in a southwesterly direction into the upper Danube, approximately at the entrance to the Fridingen Danube Bend.

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* Rivers of Baden-Württemberg Rivers of Germany {{BadenWürttemberg-river-stub

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