Glotter is a river of in the
Breisgau
The Breisgau () is an area in southwest Germany between the Rhine River and the foothills of the Black Forest. Part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, it centers on the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. The district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, ...
region in the south 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 ...
,
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 ...
which is approximately 30 km long. The spring of this river is located at an altitude of 1040 m
amsl on the eastern slope of the
Kandel
Kandel () is a town in the Germersheim district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France and approximately 18 km north-west of Karlsruhe, and 15 km south-east of Landau.
Kandel is twinned with the small Lancashir ...
near Neuwelt, a suburb of
St. Peter in the
Black Forest
The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...
. It crosses the ''Glotter dale'' (in
German
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**Ge ...
:
Glottertal, which is also the name of a village). Near
Riegel am Kaiserstuhl
Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Latin ''Rigola'') is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies 8 km northwest of Emmendingen, and is accessed by the motorway A5 (Karlsruhe - Basel).
Education
Riegel prov ...
, it discharges into the
Dreisam
The Dreisam ( Celtic: ''*tragisamā'', "the very fast one") is a 29 km long river (48.8 km including its source river Rotbach), and a tributary of the Elz in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The waters of the Dreisam feed the fa ...
.
[BUND (]non-governmental
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ecology organisation)
Glotter - river or canal?
/ref> Near Denzlingen
Denzlingen is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated north of Freiburg.
Geography
Denzlingen is located in the Upper Rhine Valley (''Oberrheinische Tiefebene'') at the edge of the Black F ...
, much of its water is diverted towards the Elz through the stream ''Lossele''.
See also
*List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg
A list of rivers of Baden-Württemberg, Germany:
A
* Aal
* Aalbach
* Aalenbach
* Ablach
* Ach
*Acher
* Adelbach
*Aich
* Aid
* Aischbach, tributary of the Kinzig
* Aischbach, tributary of the Körsch
*Aitrach, tributary of the Danube
*Aitrach, tr ...
References
Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Rivers of the Black Forest
Rivers of Germany
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