Brunnenbach is a river of

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. In earlier centuries, from at least 1412, the Brunnenbach supplied the city of

Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...

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. It originates in several springs in the Lech meadows south of the city. In the post-glacial period, great groundwater streams pushed the alluvial gravels of the Lechfeld northwards, feeding springs in many places from which streams flowed northwards. These headstreams were traditionally called ''Gießer'' by the locals. One stream formed from the waters of several of these springs, whose water was clean enough for supplying the growing city, was called the Brunnenbach ("Spring Stream"). The stream was diverted into the city and fed many public wells and private water systems in Augsburg via a water works and

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s. Today, drinking water is no longer extracted from the Brunnenbach. It flows, as before, through the Augsburg Municipal Forest, but now empties into the Lech Canal in front of the Red Gate (). This then crosses the quarter and merges with the other Lech canals in the north of the city, before discharging into the Lech.

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rivers in Augsburg - background
(in German)
Map of all rivers cand canals in Augsburg
(in German) (PDF) {{Commons category, Brunnenbach (Augsburg) Canals in Germany Rivers of Bavaria CBrunnenbach Geography of Augsburg Rivers of Germany