The Pinka () is a river in Central Europe with a length of approximately . Its basin area is .
Its source is located in
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
, eastern
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
, next to the provincial border of
Burgenland
Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...
. It passes into Hungary between the villages of and
Felsőcsatár
Felsőcsatár ( hr, Gornji Četar; german: Ober-Schilding) is a village in Vas County, Hungary.
Location
The nearest villages are Narda, Vaskeresztes, Torony
Torony (lit. "tower") is a village in Vas county, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, ...
, and crosses the Austrian-Hungarian border five times. Further it flows into the
Rába
The Rába (german: Raab; hu, Rába; sl, Raba ) is a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary and a right tributary of the Danube.
Geography
Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur below Heubodenhöhe Hill. ...
river near
Körmend
Körmend ( sl, Kermendin, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Karmadén,'' ger, Kirment) is a town in Vas county , Western Hungary.
Places of interest
The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyány family, one of the mo ...
. Its main tributary is the .
Important towns on its course are
Pinkafeld
Pinkafeld ( hu, Pinkafő, hr, Pinkafelj, sl, Pinkafel, Romani: ''Pinkafa'') is a city in Burgenland in Austria and the second largest settlement (after Oberwart) in the district Oberwart.
Geography
Parts of the commune are Hochart, Gfa ...
(Hungarian: ''Pinkafő'') and
Oberwart
Oberwart (; hu, Felsőőr; hr, Gornja Borta) is a town in Burgenland in southeast Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the same name. Oberwart is the cultural capital of the small ethnic Hungarian minority ...
(Hungarian: ''Felsőőr'').
References
Rivers of Burgenland
Rivers of Styria
Rivers of Hungary
Oberwart District
Geography of Vas County
Rivers of Austria
International rivers of Europe
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