Glonn is a river of
Upper Bavaria
Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern, ; ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat o ...
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Bavaria
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Germany
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The Glonn is long.
It rises southeast of
Mittelstetten in the
district of Fürstenfeldbruck. It is the main tributary of the
Amper; at
Allershausen
Allershausen is a municipality in the district of Freising, in Upper Bavaria, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russ ...
near
Freising
Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000.
Location
Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the ...
it discharges from the left into the Amper.
The Glonn flows through an agriculturally used area in the triangle between
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...
, Freising and
Dachau. Larger places in its course are
Odelzhausen
Odelzhausen is a town and municipality in the west of the region of "Dachau" (Upper Bavaria). The administrative collectivity of Odelzhausen consists of Odelzhausen and the townships of Sulzemoos and Pfaffenhofen an der Glonn
Pfaffenhofen an de ...
,
Erdweg,
Markt Indersdorf
Markt Indersdorf is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Markt Indersdorf is located on the Glonn River. The Glonn divides the two main towns Markt Indersdorf and Kloster(monastery) Indersdorf. Markt Indersd ...
,
Weichs
Weichs () is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany. There are 4 main villages in the municipality - Weichs, Aufhausen, Ebersbach, and Fränking. In addition, there are several smaller villages: Albertshof, Biechlhof, B ...
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Petershausen
Petershausen is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Petershausen is located in the valley of the Glonn with extensive floodplains. Much of the area outside of Petershausen is part of a nature preserve.
Hist ...
and
Hohenkammer.
Tributaries
* Kollbach
* Röhrersbach ''(left)''
* Tegernbach ''(left)''
* Rettenbach ''(left)''
* Schweinbach ''(right)''
* Umbach ''(left)''
* Rohrbach ''(right)''
* Steinfurter Bach ''(left)''
* Steindlbach ''(right)''
*
Zeitlbach ''(left)''
* Riensbach ''(right)''
* Dorfbach ''(right)''
* Eichhofner Bach or Albersbach, resp. ''(left)''
* Rothbach ''(right)''
* Gittersbach ''(left)''
* Langenpettenbach ''(left)''
* Ebersbach
* Klausnerbach
See also
*
List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
A
* Aalbach
* Abens
* Ach
* Afferbach
*Affinger Bach
*Ailsbach
* Aisch
* Aiterach
*Alpbach
* Alster
* Altmühl
* Alz
*Amper
* Anlauter
* Arbach
*Arbachgraben
*Aschaff
* Aschbach
*Attel
* Aubach, tributary of ...
References
Rivers of Bavaria
Rivers of Germany
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