Günz
Günz | ||
![]() Meander of the Östliche Günz south of Ronsberg |
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Water body code | DE: 1158 | |
Location | Germany, Bavaria | |
River system | Danube | |
Drainage via | Danube → Black Sea | |
Origin | near Lauben (confluence of eastern and western Günz) 48° 3′ 56″ N, 10° 18′ 6″ E |
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Source Height | 575 mabove sea level | |
Mouth | into the Danube near GünzburgCoordinates 48° 27′ 44″ N, 10° 16′ 32″ O 48° 27′ 44″ N, 10° 16′ 32″ O |
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Mouth height | 440 mabovesea level | |
Height difference | 135 m | |
Bottom slope | 2,5 ‰ | |
Length | 55 km | |
Catchment area | 710 km² | |
Discharge at Waldstetten gauge[1] AEo: 594 km² Location: 14.8 km upstream of the estuary |
NNQ (12.12.1991) MNQ 1955-2006 MQ 1955-2006 Mq 1955-2006 MHQ 1955-2006 HHQ (12.08.2002) |
2.13 m³/s 3.55 m³/s 8.37 m³/s 14.1 l/(skm²) 65.4 m³/s 111 m³/s |
Small towns | Günzburg | |
![]() Upper reaches of the Östliche Günz in Obergünzburg |
The Günz is an approximately 55 km long right tributary of the Danube in the Upper Swabian Alpine foothills in Bavaria.
Name
The name is said to derive from the Indo-European “*gheu” – “to pour” – in the sense of “watery river”.[2]
Course
The Günz originates near Lauben in the district of Unterallgäu from the confluence of the Western and Eastern Günz and flows mainly in a northerly direction. It flows into the Danube from the right at Günzburg.
The Günz cold period, one of the main alpine glaciation periods, is named after the Günz.
Source Flows
Western Günz
The Westliche Günz is 19 km long and rises west of Obergünzburg in the municipality of Untrasried. It flows through Ottobeuren. In Westerheim it passes under the federal motorway 96 and then joins the Östliche Günz near Lauben.
Tributaries of the Western Günz
- Bücklingsbach (right)
- Rohrwegbach (left)
- Moosmühlbach (right)
- Schweinwaldbach (left)
- Boschachbach (right)
- Geisbach (right)
- Schinderbachlein (left)
- Schwelk (right)
- Krebsbach (left)
Eastern Günz
The 17 km long Östliche Günz has its source in Günzach. It flows in a northerly direction through Obergünzburg, then runs parallel to the 2012 state road to Markt Rettenbach and crosses under the A96 at Erkheim. At Lauben, the Östliche Günz flows together with the Westliche Günz.
Tributaries of the Eastern Günz
- Tobelbach (left, sometimes considered as headwaters)
- Wifelsbach (left)
- Salabach (right)
- Stockerbächlein (right)
- Riedbach (right)

Catchment area of the Günz
Catchment area
The 710 km² catchment area of the Günz stretches as a narrow 6 to 12 km wide strip from the terminal moraines of the Würmkal period
Iller-Wertach-Lech glacier along former glacial drainage channels[3]
north to the Danube.
Tributaries of the Günz
- Klosterbeuren brook (left)
- Auerbach (left)
- Reutegraben (left)
- Haselbach (right)
- Schildbach (left)
- Schwarzbach (left)
- Hausener Bach (left)
- Rohrbach (left)
- Schnierbach (right)
- Kötz (left)
- Winterbach (right)
- Denzinger Bach (right)
- Bubesheimer Bach (left)
- Riemgraben (right)
Places on the Günz

The valley of the eastern Günz near Ronsberg
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Ecology
Some of the fish in the Günz are contaminated with PFCs and should therefore not be consumed.[4]
See also
- List of water bodies in the river system Günz
Web links
Commons: Günz– Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Map of the Günz on: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government (references)
Individual references
- ↑ German Hydrological Yearbook Danube Basin 2006 Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, p. 111, retrieved 4 October 2017, At: bestellen.bayern.de (PDF, German, 24.2 MB).
- ↑ Joseph Schnetz, Flußnamen des Bayerischen Schwabens, 1. booklet, Verlag Dr. C. Wolf & Sohn, Munich, 1950
- ↑ Geological General Map of the Federal Republic of Germany 1 : 200 000, Hrgb. Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
- ↑ Frickenhausen: Chemicals: Contaminated fish also discovered in the Günz.In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. August 31, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019.
- River system Günz
- River in Europe
- River in Bavaria
- Waters in the district of Unterallgäu
- Waters in the district of Günzburg