Wild Gutach
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| Wild Gutach | |
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 The Wild Gutach on exiting the narrow valley of Wildgutach into the broader Simonswälder Tal (front) | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Location | Black Forest |
| Reference no. | DE: 23384 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | near Furtwangen (as the Heubach) |
| • elevation | 1,065 m above sea level (NN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | near Gutach im Breisgau into the Elz |
• coordinates | 48°07′14″N 7°59′23″E / 48.1205°N 7.9898°E |
• elevation | 284 m above sea level (NN) |
| Length | 25.2 km (15.7 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 129 km2 (50 sq mi) [1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression |
Elz→ Rhine→ North Sea |
| Landmarks | Small towns: Furtwangen, St. Märgen, Gütenbach, Simonswald and Gutach im Breisgau |
| Population | c. 6600 |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Glaserbach, Zweribach, Ettersbach |
| • right | Bregenbach, Teichbach, Kilpenbach, Nonnenbach, Griesbach, Haslachsimonswälder Bach |
The Wild Gutach (German: Wilde Gutach) is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows into the Elz in Gutach im Breisgau.
Sights and structures
[edit]- Hexenlochmühle with two overshot water wheels in a ravine-like witch's hole (Hexenloch)
- Balzer Herrgott, a stone statue of Christ which has almost grown into a tree
- Teichschlucht ravine below Gütenbach
- Hirschbach Falls and Zweribach Waterfalls in the rugged Zweribach Cirque (Bannwald and nature reserve)
- Plattensee Reservoir in the high valley of the Platte of the Zweribach
- Zweribachwerk, power station above Simonswald
- Brend summit
- Kandel summit
- Schultiskopf and Spitzer Stein (rocky arêtes)
- Kostgfällschlucht with waterfalls and the Gfällfelsen rock formation (climbing area, nature reserve)
- Chapel on the Hörnleberg
See also
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