The Schmutter is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

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, a right tributary of the

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. The Schmutter's source is southwest of Schwabmünchen, in the Swabia region of Bavaria. The Schmutter flows north, and for several tens of kilometers it flows parallel to the

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, at only a few km west of the Lech. It flows into the Danube near

Donauwörth Donauwörth () is a town and the capital of the Donau-Ries district in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is said to have been founded by two fishermen where the rivers Danube (Donau) and Wörnitz meet. The city is part of the scenic route called "Roman ...

. Towns along the Schmutter include

Fischach Fischach is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in 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 ...

Neusäß Neusäß (English transcription: Neusaess, Swabian: ''Neisäß'', Neusäß ) is a town in the District of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. The town lies on the Schmutter river and borders the city of Augsburg. , the city had 22,164 inhabitants.Municipa ...

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and

Mertingen Mertingen is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany. The important Roman road, the Via Claudia Augusta was built in this area near the location of "Burghoefe" during the 1st century AD, linking Italy with the Danube ri ...

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Rivers of Bavaria Augsburg (district) Donau-Ries Rivers of Germany {{Bavaria-river-stub

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