Autenbach is a small river in
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
,
Germany
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. It flows into the
Aschaff
The Aschaff (in its uppermost course: ''Kleinaschaff'') is a river in the northern Spessart in Bavaria, Germany.
It is a right tributary of the Main and is long. It begins at the Aschaffquelle near Waldaschaff. Loosely translated the name Asch ...
in
Waldaschaff.
The river is known for
timber rafting
Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water. It is arguably, after log driving, the second cheapest mea ...
during the start of the 18th century. The river still contains a dam that was used for the timber rafting. The dam was renovated in 2011.
See also
*
List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
A
* Aalbach
* Abens
* Ach
* Afferbach
* Affinger Bach
* Ailsbach
* Aisch
* Aiterach
* Alpbach
*Alster
* Altmühl
* Alz
* Amper
* Anlauter
* Arbach
* Arbachgraben
* Aschaff
* Aschbach
* Attel
* Aubach, tributa ...
References
Rivers of Bavaria
Rivers of the Spessart
Rivers of Germany
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