Eyach is a river of

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 ...

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. It flows for 50 kilometres. It is a right tributary of the

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Schwenn ...

. It passes through

Balingen Balingen (; Swabian: ''Balenga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located near the Swabian Jura, approx. 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenn ...

and

Haigerloch Haigerloch is a town in the north-western part of the Swabian Alb in Germany. Geography Geographical location Haigerloch lies at between 430 and 550 metres elevation in the valley of the Eyach river, which forms two loops in a steep shelly limest ...

, and flows into the Neckar near

Starzach Starzach is a municipality in the district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Starzach is located about 20 kilometers southwest from Tübingen. Geographical location Starzach is located on the Neckar between Rottenburg am Neckar and ...

Geography

History

The Eyach has its source north of

Pfeffingen Pfeffingen (Swiss German: ''Pfäffige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Pfeffingen is first mentioned in 1156 as ''Fefingen''. Geography Pfeffingen has an area, , of . Of t ...

(a district of

Albstadt Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. Geography Albstadt is spread across a variety of ...

) at an altitude of 833 metres, only a few hundred metres from the

European watershed The main European watershed is the drainage divide ("watershed") which separates the basins of the rivers that empty into the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea from those that feed the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea and the Bla ...

and 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 ...

, the Schmiecha, which has its source there. At Eyach at a height of 372 m from the right it flows into the Neckar. Its mean discharge at the mouth is 3.23 m³/s.Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg: '

Tributaries

From source to meadow *Innentalbach, ''right'' *Buchbach, ''left'' *Wünschtalbach, ''right'' *Kieserstalbach *Irrenbach *Rohrbach *Ochsentalbach, ''left'' *Käsentaler Bach, ''right'' *Meßstetter Talbach, ''left'' *Kehlenbach, ''right'' *Bruckbach (!), ''left'' *(unnamed creek from the Reuten), ''left'' *Lauterbach, ''left'' *Steinbach, ''left'' *Eltschbach, ''right'' *Zerrenstallbach, ''left'' *Hakenbach, ''left'' *Strichgraben, ''left'' *Schalksbach, ''right'' *Rappentalbach, ''left'' *Bitzgraben, ''right'' *Grundbach, ''left'' *Beutenbach, ''left'' *Böllbach, ''right'' *Hühnerbach, ''left'' *Steinach, ''left'' *Etzelbach, ''right'' *Reichenbach, ''right'' *Talgraben, ''left'' *Kaunterbach, ''left'' *Schnürgraben, ''left'' *Talbach, ''right'' *Klingenbach, ''right'' *Talbach, ''right'' *Mittelsbach, ''left'' *Dietenbach, ''right'' *Rötenbach, ''left'' *Sulzbach, ''right'' *Stunzach, ''left'' *Bruckbach (!), ''right'' *Butzengraben, ''left'' *Laibebach, ''left'' *Feldbach, ''right'' *Kegelbach, ''left'' *Kohlwaldgraben, ''right''

Places by the river

On its almost 50 km long way to the northwest the Eyach crosses or passes through the following communities: *

Horb am Neckar Horb am Neckar is a town in the southwest of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river, between Offenburg to the west (about away) and Tübingen to the east (about away). It has around 25,000 inhabitants, of whom ...

At Eyach or the train station Eyach, two kilometers west of the village Börstingen (a district of Starzach), the Eyach flows into the Neckar.

Mofette Mofetta (Italian from Latin ''mephītis'', a pestilential exhalation) is a name applied to a volcanic discharge consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, often associated with other vapours, representing the final phase of volcanic activity. The Oxf ...

Bad Imnau Bad or BAD may refer to: Common meanings *Evil, the opposite of moral good * Erroneous, inaccurate or incorrect * Unhealthy, or counter to well-being * Antagonist, the threat or obstacle of moral good Acronyms * BAD-2, a Soviet armored troll ...

carbon dioxide was found in an underground inlet to the river. Today this water is sold under the name Apollo in bottles.Mineralwasser in german
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