Partnach

River in Germany

47°24′22″N 11°01′43″E / 47.4061°N 11.0285°E / 47.4061; 11.0285 • elevationca. 1,440 m Mouth

• location

in Garmisch-Partenkirchen into the Loisach

• coordinates

47°29′59″N 11°05′18″E / 47.4998°N 11.0883°E / 47.4998; 11.0883

• elevation

ca. 690 mLength18.0 km (11.2 mi) ^[1]Basin size129 km² (50 sq mi) ^[1]Basin featuresProgressionLoisach→ Isar→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Partnach is an 18-kilometre-long (11 mi) mountain river in Bavaria, Germany.

It rises at a height of 1,440 m (4,720 ft) on the Zugspitze Massif. The Partnach is fed by meltwaters from the Schneeferner glacier some 1,100 m (3,600 ft) higher up. The glacier's meltwaters seep into the karsty bedrock and reach the surface again near the source of the Partnach.

The Partnach then flows down the Reintal valley. Until 2005 there were two mountain lakes here – the Vordere Blaue Gumpe and the Hintere Blaue Gumpe. At the first lake the water of the Partnach was impounded by scree from rock slides. As a result of heavy rain the natural dam, caused by rockfalls, was partially carried away and the lake was completed filled with sediment. As a result, the Blaue Gumpe does not exist any longer today.

Tributaries

The Partnach has the following tributaries which join it at or near the river kilometre shown in brackets:

Kanker (0.9)
Boddenberggraben (3.2)
Hornschlittengraben (4.1)
Eselsberggraben (4.4)
Wildsaugraben (4.7)
Graseckgraben (4.8)
Streichlagraben (4.9)
Ferchenbach (6.0 )
Sulzgraben (7.8 )
Klausengraben (8.2)
Bodenlaine (8.3)
Spitzwaldgraben (8.5)
Ferlsbach (9.3 )
Reintalbach (11.1)

Gallery

The Partnach at the Reintalanger Hut
Source of the Partnach
The Partnachklamm from above
Entrance to the Partnachklamm

Sources

David Morche: Untersuchungen zum fluvialen Sedimenttransport in Einzugsgebieten der nördlichen Kalkalpen (Reintal/Wettersteingebirge und Lahnenwiesgraben/Ammergauer Alpen) [1] [2]