The Fischbach is a western and

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tributary of the Baden Eschach (''Badische Eschach''). It flows along the eastern edge of the

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in the German state of

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(district of Schwarzwald-Baar). The

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is long, together with its headstream, the ''Glasbach''.

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The ''Fischbach'' begins at the confluence of the right-hand ''Glasbach'', also called the ''Vorderbach'', and the left-hand ''Eschbach''Eschbach–Fischbach as GPS track
/ref> which, in turn, is formed by the left-hand ''Hinterbach'' and right-hand ''Reutenbach'' and then collects the ''Mittelbach'', in the village of Fischbach which belongs to the municipality of

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. The longer and bigger ''Glasbach'' is seen as the main headstream.

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this may even be considered the main source of the

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, because the Fischbach has a higher streamflow than the ''Badische Eschach'' which, in turn, is the larger of the two headstreams, and the ''Badische Eschach'' is more powerful than and longer than the young ''Neckar'' at their confluence. The ''Fischbach'' flows in a southeasterly direction and merges with the Baden Eschach near Niedereschach. According to traditional sources the stream from here to Horgen is called the ''(Badische) Eschach'', but current sources see the more powerful and longer Fischbach as continuing to Horgen where, as the bigger but shorter tributary, it empties into the longer Württemberg Eschach (''Württembergische Eschach''), which nowadays is just called the ''Eschach'' without any qualifier.

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