Prim 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 ...
. It is a right tributary of the
Neckar
The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Sc ...
in
Rottweil
Rottweil (; Alemannic: ''Rautweil'') is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years.
Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has nearly 25,000 ...
.
Geography
Course
The river Prim has its source two kilometers north of
Balgheim
Balgheim is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Geography
Balgheim lies in a basin on the edge of the Baar at the foot of the Swabian Jura and the Dreifaltigkeitsberg (Holy Trinity Mountain). The Eur ...
in the district of
Tuttlingen. It flows southward in a forest
klinge
Klinge (''Lower Sorbian: Klinka'') is a village in the Lower Lusatia region, east of the city of Cottbus in Brandenburg. It is part of the municipality of Wiesengrund.
Transport
The Bahnhof Klinge is served once an hour in each direction by th ...
. After it leaves the steep valley the Prim flows to the north west. It flows in this direction till its meadow.
The river Prim flows through
Spaichingen and
Aldingen, in between Aixheim and Frittlingen, and passes Neufra a district of
Rottweil
Rottweil (; Alemannic: ''Rautweil'') is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years.
Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has nearly 25,000 ...
on the left. Then it flows north and passes the historic centre of Rottweil and its district Göllsdorf in the east. It merges with the Neckar next to Rottweils railway station.
Tributaries
''from source to meadow''
* Kehlengraben, from the right in Balgheim, 1,1 km.
* Hinterweiherbach, from the left auf unter 680 m above sea level by Balgheim, 0,6 km.
* Sandbrunnenbach, from the left in eastern Spaichingen, 0,7 km.
* Kälberbach, from the left in Spaichingen, 1,3 km and 0,7 km².
* Heidengraben, from the right in Spaichingen, 0,8 km.
* Unterbach, from the left in Spaichingen, 3,0 km and 5,2 km².
* Rohrentalbach, from the right im nördlichen Spaichingen, 2,3 km and 1,8 km².
* Talbach, from the left im nördlichen Spaichingen, 1,4 km.
* Schlüsselgraben, from the right, near the water treating plant of Spaichingen, 638,7 m above sea level, 1,3 km.
* Arbach, from the right am Südostrand Aldingens, 3,1 km and 3,1 km².
* Marbach, from the left , 2,7 km und 3,9 km².
* Heimbach, from the left in Aldingen, 3,6 km and 2,3 km².
* Heidlesbach, from the left in Aldingen, 1,8 km.
* Sulzbach, from the left 608,7 m above Sea level, 3,1 km and 3,8 km².
* Wettbach, from the right near the Erlenmühle, 7,1 km and 7,7 km².
* Tiefentalbach, from the right, 2,8 km und 3,7 km².
* Hagenbach, from the left auf 592,3 m ü. NN near the Aldinger Täfermühle, 7,4 km – with its more important tributary Trosselbach 9,0 km – and 25,9 km².
* Riedbach, from the right an der Täfermühle, 1,9 km.
* Katzenlochbach, from the left, 1,5 km.
* Vogelsangbach, also Sulztalbach, from the right 582,6 m above sea level, 6,4 km.
* Starzel, from the right in Neufra, 12,1 km und 25,1 km².
* Weiherbach, from the right, 3,7 km.
* Hinterer Graben, from the left near the water treating plant of Rottweil, 1,6 km.
* Weiherbach, from the right 554,3 m above sea level, 8,5 km und 18,2 km².
See also
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List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg
A list of rivers of Baden-Württemberg, Germany:
A
* Aal
* Aalbach
*Aalenbach
* Ablach
* Ach
* Acher
*Adelbach
* Aich
* Aid
* Aischbach, tributary of the Kinzig
* Aischbach, tributary of the Körsch
* Aitrach, tributary of the Danube
* Aitrach, ...
References
Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Rivers of Germany
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