River in Germany
The Kammel is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Kammel originates west of Mindelheim, in the district Unterallgäu, and flows generally north. It flows into the Mindel (left tributary) south of Offingen at the Danube, east of Günzburg in the district Günzburg. So it is an indirect right tributary of the Danube. The difference in altitude between the origin and the mouth is 265 m.
Tributaries
Tributaries which flow into the Kammel are (from south to north):
Municipalities the Kammel flows through
Municipalities which are passed by the Kammel are (from south to north):
in the district Unterallgäu: Stetten, Kammlach, Oberrieden, Pfaffenhausen and Breitenbrunn;
in the district Günzburg: Aletshausen, the town Krumbach, Neuburg an der Kammel, Kammeltal, the town Burgau and Rettenbach;
Origin of the name
The name of the Kammel derives from the Celtic kamb or camb which means crooked. So the Kammel is the crooked water. Other authors are of the opinion that Kammel means bog. Both origins of the name can be possible because the meanders of the stream Kammel are clearly distinct.
Attractions in the valleys of the Kammel and its tributaries
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the church St Michael seen from a bridge across the Kammel in Krumbach
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Mühlkapelle / mills-chapel at the bank of the Kammel in Krumbach
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lower mill at the Kammel in Krumbach, today: parish hall St Michael
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the valley of the Haselbach from west to east
Miscellaneous
- Parallel to the Kammel there is the 71 km long cycle track Kammeltal-Radweg
- From Breitenbrunn to Neuburg an der Kammel the Mittelschwaben Railway runs in the valley of the Kammel
- Of no other river in the district Günzburg so many kilometres have been renaturalised in the last few years as the Kammel
See also
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