Krimmler Ache

Krimmler Ache
Location Salzburg,  Austria
Basin features
Main source At Krimmler Törl
ca. 2,100 m (AA)
47°06′01″N 12°16′20″E / 47.10028°N 12.27222°E / 47.10028; 12.27222Coordinates: 47°06′01″N 12°16′20″E / 47.10028°N 12.27222°E / 47.10028; 12.27222
River mouth Into the Vorderkrimml into the Salzach
ca. 905 m (AA)
47°14′13″N 12°11′54″E / 47.236806°N 12.19833°E / 47.236806; 12.19833
River system Salzach/Inn/Danube/Black Sea
Landmarks Villages: Krimml
Tributaries
  • Right:
    Rainbach, Windbach

Krimml Waterfalls

The Krimmler Ache is right tributary of the River Salzach in the Pinzgau region of the Austrian state of Salzburg. Its valley (the Krimmler Achental) forms the boundary between the Zillertal Alps in the west and the Venediger Group in the east, which belong to the High Tauern.

The valley begins above the village of Krimml at the Krimml Waterfalls and runs up to its head at the Krimmlerkees on the mountain of Dreiherrenspitze (3,499 m (AA)). The Krimmler Ache river rises at a height of about 2,500 metres, at Krimmler Törl (2,787 m above sea level (AA)) to the valley of the Obersulzbach that lies to the east.

In the upper east corner of the Krimmler Ache is the Warnsdorfer Hut and in the central section of the valley is the Krimmler Tauernhaus.

The valley of the Rainbach begins west of the Krimmler Tauernhaus, running from the Reichenspitze (3,303 m above sea level (AA)) and Rainbachspitze (3,129 m above sea level (AA)), and, near the Äußerer Unlaßalm, is the start of the Windbach valley. Both valleys run southwest into the Zillertal Alps.

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