Lafnitz (river)
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| A chartaque on the Lafnitz near Burgau. | |
| Location | Austria |
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| Length | 114 km |
| Source | east of the Kreuzwirt, municipality of Wenigzell, Joglland 47°22′47″N 15°48′19″E / 47.37972°N 15.80528°ECoordinates: 47°22′47″N 15°48′19″E / 47.37972°N 15.80528°E |
| Source height | 930 m (AA) |
| Mouth | near Szentgotthárd into the Raab 46°57′30″N 16°16′29″E / 46.95833°N 16.27472°E |
| Mouth height | 224 m |
| Descent | 706 m |
| Basin | Danube |
| Progression | Raab → Little Danube → Danube → Black Sea |
| Catchment | 1,994 km² [1] |
| Right tributaries | Voraubach, Safen, Feistritz, Rittschein |
| Small towns | Szentgotthárd |
| Villages | Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Lafnitz, Neudau, Burgau, Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf (Burgenland), Hackerberg |
The Lafnitz (Hungarian: Lapincs) is a river in southeastern Austria and (briefly) western Hungary. It is 112 km long, and has a basin area of 1994 km².[2] It rises from near the border of Styria and Lower Austria, and flows in a generally southeastern direction through the towns of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Lafnitz, Markt Allhau, Wolfau, Wörth an der Lafnitz, Neudau, Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf and Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal and empties into the Rába less than a kilometer inside Hungary, in the town Szentgotthárd. For much of its length it forms the border between Styria and Burgenland. Its largest tributary is the river Feistritz.
References
- ↑ Die Lafnitz und Natura 2000, abgerufen am 8. November 2014
- ↑ Vorbild Lafnitztal, EU brochure
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