The Wild Gutach (german: Wilde Gutach) 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 ...

. It flows into the Elz in

Gutach im Breisgau Gutach ( Low Alemannic: ''Guetich im Brisgau'') is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Gutach includes six villages: * Gutach * Bleibach * Siegelau * Stollen * Kregelbach * Oberspitzenbach Twin towns ...

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* Hexenlochmühle with two

overshot water wheel A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or bucket ...

s 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 Gütenbach is a municipality in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is the home of the Faller toy company. History Gütenbach, originally called Wuotenbach, was first mentioned in an official certificate in the ...

* '' Hirschbach Falls'' and '' Zweribach Waterfalls'' in the rugged Zweribach Cirque (''

Bannwald ''Bannwald'' is a German word used in parts of Germany and Austria to designate an area of protected forest. Its precise meaning has varied by location and over time. Etymology The word ''Bannwald'' is a combination of ''Bann'' (English ''ban'' ...

'' and nature reserve) * ''Plattensee'' Reservoir in the high valley of the ''Platte'' of the Zweribach * '' Zweribachwerk'', power station above Simonswald * ''

Brend The river Brend is a right-bank tributary of the Fränkische Saale ''(Franconian Saale)'', in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the district Rhön-Grabfeld. Its source is in Oberweißenbrunn, which is part of the town Bischof ...

'' summit * ''

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 Lancashire ...

'' summit * '' Schultiskopf'' and ''Spitzer Stein'' (rocky arêtes) * '' Kostgfällschlucht'' with waterfalls and the ''Gfällfelsen'' rock formation (climbing area, nature reserve) * Chapel on the ''

Hörnleberg The Hörnleberg is a mountain, , in the Central Black Forest in southern Germany. Its summit pyramid rises around 600 metres above the apex formed by the valleys of the Elz (Rhein), Elz and the Gutach (Elz), Wild Gutach. Currently (2012, after fore ...

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

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