Partnach

Partnach
The Partnach in the Reintal valley
Location Garmisch-Partenkirchen district
Reference no. DE: 1642
Length 16.5 km
Source on the Zugspitze Massif
47°N 11°E / 47°N 11°ECoordinates: 47°N 11°E / 47°N 11°E
Source height ca. 1,440 m
Mouth in Garmisch-Partenkirchen into the Loisach
47°N 11°E / 47°N 11°E
Mouth height ca. 690 m
Descent ca. 750 m
Basin Danube
Progression Loisach → Isar → Danube → Black Sea

The Partnach is a 16.5 km long Bavarian mountain river. It rises at a height of 1,440 m on the Zugspitze Massif. The Partnach is fed by meltwaters from the Schneeferner glacier some 1100 m 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 and 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:

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