The White Lauter () is the right hand source of the river

Lauter Lauter may refer to: People * Lauter (surname) Places *Lauter, Saxony, town in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany * Lauter, Bavaria, village in the district of Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany Rivers * Lauter (Baunach), tributary to th ...

. It rises southeast of

Lenningen Lenningen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Neighbour communities Those are in the east Wiesensteig (district of Göppingen), in the south Römerstein and Grabenstetten (both district of Reutlingen), in ...

below the state road B465. Near

it joins the Black Lauter, forming the

Source of the White Lauter

The source of the White Lauter is located southeast of Gutenberg in

, below the B465 and is designated as a nature reserve. It consists of several rows of wells on the valley floor, which appear a few metres apart, as

Karst Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...

wells. Some of the sources are used for the supply of drinking water. The average discharge is about 300 litres per second. The catchment area is part of the adjacent

Schwabian Alps The Swabian Jura (german: Schwäbische Alb , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of ...

plateau, but the exact extent is unknown.

Course

The White Lauter flows west through Gutenberg. It the end of the village. it receives the creek of the Donn valley and bends to the north. At the treatment plant it joins the Black Lauter, forming the

Gallery

File:Weiße Lauter Ursprung.JPG, Source of the Lauter File:Weiße Lauterursprung Hauptquelle.JPG, The main source

External links

Lauterursprung Source of the Lauter (in German)
Rivers of Baden-Württemberg Rivers of Germany {{BadenWürttemberg-river-stub