Grabenbach is a river of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. The Grabenbach is a left tributary of the Ablach in

Meßkirch Meßkirch (; Swabian: ''Mässkirch'') is a town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The town was the residence of the counts of Zimmern, widely known through Count Froben Christoph's ''Zimmern Chronicle'' (1559–1 ...

. During its course, it changed its name several times: Dorfbach, Talbach, Weiherbach, Mühlenbach, Stadtbach, Grabenbach; in former times partly also Heudorfer Bach; this is also how it is called on its entire length by Baden-Württemberg's authority for water protection.

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