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The Lech ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx, Licca) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube Template:Convert in length with a drainage basin of Template:Convert.<ref name="DE-BY_GV" /> Its average discharge at the mouth is Template:Cvt.Template:GeoSource Its source is located in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, where the river rises from lake Formarinsee in the Alps at an altitude of Template:Convert. It flows in a north-north-easterly direction and crosses the German border, forming the Lechfall, a Template:Convert waterfall; afterwards the river enters a narrow gorge (the Lechschlucht). Leaving the Alps, it enters the plains of the Allgäu at Füssen at an elevation of Template:Convert in the German state of Bavaria, where it used to be the location of the boundary with Swabia. The river runs through the city of Füssen and through the Forggensee, a man-made lake which is drained in winter. Here, it forms rapids and a waterfall.

The river flows further northwards through a region called the Lechrain, and passes the cities of Schongau, Landsberg, Augsburg (where it receives the Wertach) and Rain before entering the Danube just below Donauwörth at an elevation of Template:Convert. It is not navigable, owing to its torrential character and the gravel beds which choke its channel. There are extensive views of the Lech valley from Neuschwanstein Castle, near Füssen.

EtymologyEdit

Inscriptions from 8/7 B. C. prove that the river name is first mentioned in the Celtic tribe name Licates. The river itself is called Likios or Likias in the 2nd century. Around the year 570 the name Licca is found in records. In the 8th century, names such as Lecha and Lech appeared. The term Licus is still used in 1059.

The name stands in analogy to the Welsh word llech ("stone slab") and the Breton word lec'h ("gravestone"). In this context, the meaning of the word "Lech" is explained as "the stony".<ref>"Wolf-Armin Frhr. v. Reitzenstein: Lexikon bayerischer Ortsnamen. Herkunft und Bedeutung. C.H.Beck, Munich 2006</ref>

HistoryEdit

On more than one occasion, historic events have been decided on the banks of this river.

Hydroelectric power plantsEdit

Currently, there are 33 hydroelectric power plants on the Lech. The power plants are listed beginning at the headwaters:<ref>"Fichtner: Die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von großen Laufwasserkraftwerken im liberalisierten Strommarkt – Endbericht (Langfassung). Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, 2003</ref>

Dam Name Installed capacity (MW) Year of completion Image
1 Lechstaustufe Horn 5.0 1952 File:Kraftwerk Horn (Horn hydro-power station) - geo.hlipp.de - 37358.jpg
2 Forggensee 45.5 1954 File:Aerial image of the Forggensee (view from the southwest).jpg
3 Premer Lechsee 19.2 1972 File:Lechstaustufe2004.JPG
4 Lechstaustufe Lechbruck 5.0 1903/1958 File:Aerials Bavaria.2006 08-45-22.jpg
5 Lechstaustufe 3 – Urspring 10.2 1971
6 Lechstaustufe 4 – Dessau 10.2 1971
7 Dornautalsperre 16.6 1960 File:Staudamm Lechstaustufe 6 September 2015.jpg
8 Lechstaustufe 7 – Finsterau 7.7 1950
9 Lechstaustufe 8 – Sperber 7.3 1947 File:Lechstaustufe 8 – Sperber.jpg
10 Lechstaustufe 8a – Kinsau 9.2 1992 File:Lechstaustufe 8a Kinsau.jpg
11 Lechstaustufe 9 – Apfeldorf 7.2 1944 File:Lechstaustufe 9 GO-1.jpg
12 Lechstaustufe 10 – Epfach 8.3 1948 File:Lechstaustufe 10 – Epfach.jpg
13 Lechstaustufe 11 – Lechblick 8.1 1943 File:Lechstaustufe 11 – Lechblick.jpg
14 Lechstaustufe 12 – Lechmühlen 7.9 1943 File:Lechstaustufe 12 – Lechmühlen.jpg
15 Lechstaustufe 13 – Dornstetten 8.2 1943 File:Lechstaustufe unterhalb von Seestall.JPG
16 Lechstaustufe 14 – Pitzling 7.9 1944 File:Lechstaustufe 14 – Pitzling.jpg
17 Lechstaustufe 15 – Landsberg 8.0 1944 File:Lechstaustufe 15 – Landsberg.jpg
18 Lechstaustufe 18 – Kaufering 16.7 1975
19 Lechstaustufe 19 – Schwabstadl 12.0 1981
20 Lechstaustufe 20 – Scheuring 12.2 1980
21 Lechstaustufe 21 – Prittriching 12.1 1983
22 Lechstaustufe 22 – Unterbergen 12.4 1982 File:Lechstaustufe 22.jpg
23 Lechstaustufe 23 – Mandichosee 12.0 1978 File:Aerial image of Mandichosee (view from the northwest).jpg
24 Hochablass 3.1 2013 File:Hochablass Augsburg Foto Stadtwerke Augsburg.jpg
25 Eisenbahnerwehr 3.2 2006 File:Eisenbahnerwehr.jpeg
26 Wolfzahnauwehr 2.0 2010 File:Wolfzahnauwehr.jpg
27 Kraftwerk Gersthofen 9.9 1901
28 Kraftwerk Langweid 7.0 1908 File:Lechmuseum Bayern 12.JPG
29 Kraftwerk Meitingen 11.6 1922 File:Kraftwerk Meitingen02.JPG
30 Staustufe Ellgau 10.0 1952
31 Staustufe Oberpeiching 12.3 1954
32 Staustufe Rain 11.2 1955
33 Staustufe Feldheim 8.5 1960 File:NSG Vogelfreistätte Feldheimer Stausee -.von SO Richtung Nord mit Kraftwerksgebäude.jpg

GalleryEdit

  • Lech Augsburg.jpg

    The Lech in Augsburg

  • Lech-between-landsberg-kaufering.JPG

    The Lech, in the background the city of Landsberg

  • Tussen Weissenbach en Forchach, de Lech foto7 2014-07-25 13.33.jpg

    The Lech between Weissenbach and Forchach

  • Tussen Elmen en Stanzach, der Lech foto6 2014-07-25 14.34.jpg

    The Lech between Elmen and Stanzach

  • Blick auf Lech und Apfeldorf.jpg

    The Lech between Apfeldorf and Epfach

  • Lech River.jpg

    The Lech River by Andrei Gavrilița

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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