The Schussen is a tributary of the
Bodensee
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(Lake Constance), which drains to the
Rhine
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, in the southern portion of
Upper Swabia
Upper Swabia (german: Oberschwaben or ) is a region in Germany in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.''Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.'' 19. Auflage. Band 16, 1991, p. 72. The name refers to the area between the Swa ...
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
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).
Course
From its source, not far from the Lake Feder, around 1.5 kilometers north of
Bad Schussenried
Bad Schussenried (; Swabian: ''Schussariad'') is a spa town in Upper Swabia in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It lies on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route and the Swabian Spa Route.
Schussenried Abbey, a former monast ...
, where it runs down the watershed between the Rhine and the Danube, to the Bodensee.
The river passes south of
Aulendorf
Aulendorf () is a town in the district of Ravensburg, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated southwest of Biberach an der Riß, and north of Ravensburg.
Aulendorf exists of the town itself along with the incorporated villages Tannha ...
through its own valley in the northern part of the
Altdorf Forests, through the Schussen ravine by
Durlesbach and by Mochewangen (
Wolpertswende), and from there into the broad Schussen Valley. The valley was not created by the river itself, but rather during one of the
Ice Ages
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. From there it runs past the small city of
Weingarten, and, further, by Ravensburg and through the district of
Meckenbeuren, before it enters the Bodensee water in the region of
Eriskirch, at the Eriskircher wetlands.
Tributaries
Several streams enter the Schussen, including the
Wolfegger Ach, which originates between Binningen and Niederbiegen (both are part of the community of
Baienfurt). Other tributaries include the
Scherzach,
Scharzach, and the Ravensburg city creek.
Oddities
In the course of its passage through the County of Biberach, the Schussen is the only stream that flows south to the Bodensee; all others flow north to the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , p ...
.
File:Schussentalbrücke Ravensburg 2.jpg, "Schussenbridge", Ravensburg
File:D-BW-Eriskirch-Baumgarten - Holzbrücke (1824) 002.JPG, Bridge of 1824, Baumgarten
File:D-BW-Eriskirch - Holzbrücke 1828 002.jpg, Bridge of 1828, Eriskirch
File:D-BW-Eriskirch - Hängesteg 001.JPG, Close to Lake Constance
References
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Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Bodenseekreis
Swabia
Upper Swabia
Rivers of Germany