| Location | Tyrol, Allgäu Alps, Austria |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 47°30′23″N 10°29′24″E |
| Elevation | 1060-1140 m |
| Length | 20 km |
| Watercourses | Berger Ache, Vils; Nesselwängler Ache, Warpsbach, Weißenbach |
The Tannheimer Tal ("Tannheim valley") is a high valley, at an elevation of about 1,100 metres, in the Tannheim Mountains, which are part of the Allgäu Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol (county of Reutte).It is a left sided tributary to the lech river.
Geography
The Tannheimer Tal branches off the upper Lech valley as a hanging valley near Weißenbach, runs via the Gaicht Pass and the lake of Haldensee to the Oberjoch Pass in Bavaria. Between the Haldensee and Nesselwängle it runs as a valley-floor divide at around . East of it, the Nesselwängler Ache, Warpsbach and Weißenbach drain into the Lech, to the west the Berger Ache and Vils rivers flow through it. The Vils runs in a wide bow around the Tannheim Mountains and also empties into the Lech at the town of Vils.
External links
- Land Tirol: Planungsverband 01 - Tannheimertal
- Tannheimer Tal in Tirol Atlas der Universität Innsbruck