Aachquelle (Aach Source)

Incidentally, it is worth noting that at the drainage points, the water either flows with the Danube River towards the Black Sea or with the Rhine River to the North Sea. Interestingly, the mouths of the Danube and Rhine are about 1800 km apart.

Information about the Aach Source:

• Age: approx. 16,000 years
• Aach water drains mostly from the Danube
• The distance between the main drainage and the source of the Aach is 12 km as the crow flies with an altitude difference of 174 meters
• The water draining near Immendingen takes about 30 to 60 hours to run underground
• The second main drainage point is near Fridingen / Danube
• Flow
  • an average of 8.3 cbm / sec.
  • a minimum of 1.3 cbm / sec.
  • a maximum of 24.1 cbm / sec.