The Rabnitzbach (also Rabnitz) is a river of

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 ...

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 ...

, one of the source rivers of 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. ...

(Raab). The Rabnitzbach originates near mount

Schöckl Schöckl (also spelt ''Schöckel'') is a mountain in the Austrian state of Styria. It is about 14 km north of the city center of Graz, the capital of Styria. There is a cableway to the summit from the nearby health resort of St Radegund.' ...

and flows in south-east direction to

Gleisdorf Gleisdorf is a town in the district of Weiz in the Austrian state of Styria. Geography Gleisdorf lies about 25 km east of Graz in the valley of the Raab Sister cities * Winterbach im Remstal (near Stuttgart, since 1961) * Nagykanizsa (Hunga ...

where it merges with the Rába. The river reaches a length of . Its basin area is . The water has Grade A quality and is one cleaner waters of Styria. It is rich on fishes. The normally harmless river can very quickly become a flood hazard and has already been a threat several times. Dangerous points have been mitigated without causing significant damage to nature.

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Rivers of Styria Graz Highlands Rivers of Austria {{Styria-geo-stub