Mindel
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| Mindel | |
|---|---|
| Location | Swabia, Bavaria,  Germany |
| Reference no. | DE: 116 |
| Length | 77.93 km [1] |
| Source | at the Mindelmühle near Ronsberg 47°53′53″N 10°26′24″E / 47.897972°N 10.44°ECoordinates: 47°53′53″N 10°26′24″E / 47.897972°N 10.44°E |
| Source height | ca. 760 m |
| Mouth | near Gundremmingen into the Danube 48°30′26″N 10°23′14″E / 48.50722°N 10.38722°E |
| Mouth height | ca. 430 m |
| Descent | ca. 330 m |
| Basin | Danube |
| Progression | Danube → Black Sea |
| Catchment | 953 km² |
| Discharge | Average mid: 10 m³/s Average high: 65 m³/s |
| Right tributaries | Flossach |
| Left tributaries | Kammel |
| Small towns | Mindelheim, Thannhausen, Burgau |
| Villages | Markt Obergünzburg, Markt Ronsberg, Eggenthal, Unteregg, Markt Dirlewang, Apfeltrach, Markt Pfaffenhausen, Salgen, Breitenbrunn, Markt Kirchheim in Schwaben, Aletshausen, Ursberg, Balzhausen, Markt Münsterhausen, Markt Neuburg an der Kammel, Markt Burtenbach, Markt Jettingen-Scheppach, Rettenbach, Dürrlauingen, Markt Offingen, Gundremmingen |
The Mindel is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Mindel originates west of Kaufbeuren, in the Allgäu region, and flows generally north. It flows into the Danube (right tributary) in Gundremmingen, east of Günzburg. The towns Mindelheim, Burgau and Thannhausen lie along the Mindel.
The Mindel gave its name to the Mindel Glaciation in the Alps. This glacial period (approx. 350,000 - 250,000 years before present) is called Elsterian Stage (Elster / Elserian Glaciation) in northern Europe, and Anglian Stage in United Kingdom.
