Ostrach (Danube)
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The Ostrach is a long right tributary stream of the
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Geography

The Ostrach originates on the north side of the European watershed, in the vicinity of Fleischwangen in the Landkreis Ravensburg and drains out of the Pfrunger wetlands. It runs parallel to the Ablach for most of its length, flowing between two moraine hills by Ostrach, through the Weithart, and the Göge-Ablach plateau. The mouth of the Ostrach lies in Hundersingen, a suburb of the community of
Herbertingen Herbertingen ( Swabian: ''Herberdenga'') is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The municipality Herbertingen consists of the villages Herbertingen, Hundersingen, Marbach and Mieterkingen. Herbertinge ...
in the Landkreis Sigmaringen where it runs for to the Danube. The catchment area is .


Localities on the Ostrach

Die Ostrach traverses or touches several districts and communities from its source to the Danube: The locale of Fleischwangen, where it originates, Guggenhausen,
Riedhausen Riedhausen is a municipality in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north ...
, Ostrach and its subdivisions of Laubbach, Jettkofen, Wangen, Einhart and Habsthal, the Mengen city subdivision of Rosna, the
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subdivisions of Bremen and Beizkofen, and finally by Hundersingen, where it reaches the Danube.


Tributaries

Tributaries of the Ostrach include the Wilhelmsdorf canal, die Fleischwanger Ach (creek), the Hornbach, the Tiefenbach and the Seebach.


Ecology

Since 2005, a beaver population has developed in the Pfrunger-Burgweiler wetlands – since October 2008 verifiable. In the upper range of the Ostrach, the beavers have erected a dam across the stream, creating a pond that holds 1000 cubic meters of water, causing the tributaries of the Ostrach to overflow their banks, to the great frustration of the farmers in Riedhausen and Laubbach. A seven million Euro protection project was planned with the goal to protect the wetlands and the watershed.Florian Unger: ''Natur. Staudamm quer durch die Ostrach. Im Pfrunger-Burgweiler Ried sind Biber am Werk – Sorge um Stauung und überflutete Wiesen''. In: ''
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'' of 11. November 2008
The project has been finished in 2015.


References

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See also

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List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg A list of rivers of Baden-Württemberg, Germany: A *Aal (Kocher), Aal *Aalbach (Main), Aalbach *Aalenbach *Ablach (Danube), Ablach *Ach (Blau), Ach *Acher *Adelbach *Aich (river), Aich *Aid (Würm), Aid *Aischbach (Kinzig), Aischbach, tributary ...
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