Reuss River

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Reuss River
Mouth	Aar at Gebenstorf
Basin countries	Switzerland
Length	158 km
Basin area	3425 km²

The Reuss is a river in Switzerland. With a length of 158 kilometres (98 mi) and a drainage basin of 3,425 square kilometres (1,322 sq mi), it is the fourth largest river in Switzerland (after Rhine, Aar and Rhone).

Rising in the Gotthard massif, the Reuss runs from the Urserental and continues through the Schöllenen Gorge and under the legendary Devil's Bridge (Teufelsbrücke) at St. Gotthard Pass.

It runs through Lake Lucerne (German Vierwaldstättersee) and the city of Lucerne, where a pioneering needle dam (just upstream from the Spreuerbrücke) maintains the water level.

It receives the Kleine Emme from Entlebuch at Emmen and Lorze from Lake Zug at Hünenberg. Near Bremgarten, the river is dammed forming Flachsee.

The Reuss, the Aar, and the Limmat come together near Brugg at the "Watercastle of Europe". After the confluence the river continues as the Aar, which flows into the Rhine, which runs through Germany into the North Sea.

Contents 1 Bridges 2 Localities 3 Tributaries 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Bridges

• Schöllenen Gorge
  • Teufelsbrücke (Devil's Bridge)
• Lucerne
  • Seebrücke
  • Kapellbrücke, first built 1333, rebuilt 1993
  • Rathaus-Steg
  • Reussbrücke
  • Spreuerbrücke, built 1408
  • Geissmattbrücke
  • Sankt-Karli-Brücke
  • Ibachbrücke
• Bremgarten
  • Reussbrücke, first built c. 1270, first mentioned 1281, wooden bridge rebuilt 1953-1957

[edit] Localities

Places and municipalities at the Reuss river, from source to mouth (incomplete):

• Canton of Uri
  • Hospental
  • Andermatt
  • Göschenen
  • Wassen
  • Gurtnellen
  • Silenen
  • Erstfeld
  • Attinghausen
  • Altdorf
  • Seedorf
• Lake Lucerne
• Canton of Lucerne
  • Lucerne
  • Emmen
  • Buchrain
  • Root
  • Gisikon
  • Honau
• Border between Aargau and the Canton of Zug
  • Dietwil (Aargau)
  • Risch-Rotkreuz (Zug)
  • Oberrüti (Aargau)
  • Sins (Aargau)
  • Hünenberg (Zug)
  • Mühlau (Aargau)
• Border between Aargau and the Canton of Zurich
  • Merenschwand (Aargau)
  • Ottenbach (Zurich)
• Aargau
  • Aristau
  • Jonen
  • Rottenschwil
  • Unterlunkhofen
  • Hermetschwil-Staffeln
  • Zufikon
  • Bremgarten
  • Eggenwil
  • Fischbach-Göslikon
  • Künten
  • Niederwil
  • Stetten
  • Tägerig
  • Mellingen
  • Birrhard
  • Mülligen
  • Birmenstorf
  • Windisch
  • Brugg
  • Gebenstorf

[edit] Tributaries

Reuss and its tributaries, with length and catchment area, from mouth to source (incomplete):

Reuss River - 158 km - 3,425 km² (at Gebenstorf into Aar)

Mülibach - 8 km² (at Mellingen)

Jonen - 46 km²

Lorze - 390 km² (at Reussspitz, Hünenberg)

Haselbach

Rigi-Aa - 18.6 km² (at Arth into Lake Zug)

Hüribach - 12.8 km² (into Ägerisee)

Sinserbach - 16 km² (at Sins)

Ron - 22.5 km² (at Gisikon)

Kleine Emme - 58 km - 477 km² (at Emmenbrücke)

Ränggbach

Rümlig

Wigger

Fontannen

Entlen

Grosse Entlen - 16 km

Eibach

Rotbach

Kleine Entlen

Headwaters

Wiss Emme

Waldemme

Lake Lucerne - 113.6 km²^[1] - 2,238 km²^[2] (at Lucerne, outflow Reuss River)

Würzenbach - 7.7 km - 39 km² (at Lucerne)

Sarner Aa/Dreiwässerkanal/Aa/Lauibach - 28 km - 267 km² (at Alpnachstad)

Grosse Schliere - 17 km - 28.8 km² (above Wichelsee)

Grosse Melchaa

Melbach - 18 km² (at Ennetmoos)

Engelberger Aa - 50 km - 230 km² (at Buochs)

Muota - 316 km² (at Brunnen)

Isitalerbach - 60 km² (near Isleten)

Altdorfer Dorfbach

Reuss River - 832 km² (at Flüelen/Seedorf into Lake Lucerne)

Schächen - 109 km² (at Attinghausen)

Alpbach - 32 km² (at Erstfeld)

Kärstelenbach - 116 km²

Meienreuss - 71 km²

Göschenenalpreuss - 92 km² (at Göschenen)

Voralpreuss

Unteralpreuss (at Andermatt)

Oberalpreuss (above Andermatt)

Headwaters at Hospental:

Furkareuss - 12 km

Witenwasserenreuss

Muttenreuss

Tiefenbach

Sidelenbach

Gotthardreuss

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• The Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reuss River.
• Current discharge, waterlevels, temperature:
  • Andermatt (Uri) (1426 m)
  • Seedorf (Uri) (437 m)
  • Lucerne-Geissmattbrücke (431 m)
  • Mühlau (Aargau), Hünenberg (Zug) (389 m)
  • Mellingen (Aargau) (344 m)