The Iller (; ancient name Ilargus) is a river of

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

and

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 ...

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. It is a right

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of the

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, long. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Breitach, Stillach and Trettach near

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf (Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the&nb ...

in the

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region of the

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, close to the

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n border. From there it runs northwards, passing the towns of Sonthofen,

Immenstadt Immenstadt im Allgäu () is a town in Oberallgäu, the southernmost district of Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps. First mentioned in a 1275 administrative tract, it was granted town privileges in 1360, which makes it one of the oldest towns i ...

, and

Kempten Kempten (, (Swabian German: )) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town '' ...

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Between

Lautrach Lautrach is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. References Unterallgäu {{Unterallgäu-geo-stub ...

near

Memmingen Memmingen (; Swabian: ''Memmenge'') is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the economic, educational and administrative centre of the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the river that marks the Baden-Wür ...

and Ulm it forms the border between the two German States Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg for about . The river flows into the Danube in the city centre of Ulm. The Iller has a catchment area of . It ranks as the seventh of Bavaria's rivers by water flow, with an average throughput of at

Senden The town of Senden is the second-largest town of the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria and is located at the border to Baden-Württemberg. The town belongs to the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund. Senden's neighbours are Neu-Ulm in the north, Weißen ...

, a short distance upstream from the Danube. The power of the river is used for the production of

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via eight power stations with a total net capacity of 51 MW (1998). A bicycle route follows the Iller, which is also a popular location for rafting and trekking.

Sources

* Bogner, Franz X. (2009). ''Allgäu und Iller aus der Luft.'' Theiss-Verlag 2009. . * Kettemann, Otto and Winkler, Ursula (ed.): ''Die Iller'', 2000, (2nd, expanded edition) * Nowotny, Peter (1999). ''Die Iller und ihr Tal'', 1999, Verlag Eberl,

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