Breg River
The Breg is a river, 46 kilometres long, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and the primary headstream of the Danube.Photo: Haseluenne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: River
- Description: river in Germany
- Also known as: “Breg” and “Brege”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Juniperusquelle and Donaueschingen station.
Donaueschingen station
Railway station
Photo: Jaan-Cornelius K., CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donaueschingen station is a junction station in the south of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is the only official Bahnhof in the city of Donaueschingen.
Sources of the Danube
Spring
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Danube is conventionally taken to be formed by the confluence of the two streams Brigach and Breg just east of Donaueschingen. The source of the Donaubach, which flows into the Danube, in the park of Donaueschingen Palace is often referred to as the source of the Danube.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donaueschingen and Hüfingen.
Donaueschingen
Town
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Donaueschingen is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar Kreis. It stands near the confluence of the two sources of the river Danube.
Hüfingen
Town
Photo: Spotter2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hüfingen is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Breg, 4 km south of the source of the Danube.
Breg River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.94301° or 47° 56′ 35″ northLongitude
8.50894° or 8° 30′ 32″ eastElevation
674 metres (2,211 feet)Open location code
8FVCWGV5+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1550233846OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2944843Wikidata ID
Q316397
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Satellite Map
Discover Breg River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Breg River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بريج”
- Arabic: “بيرج”
- Asturian: “Ríu Breg”
- Azerbaijani: “Breq çayı”
- Basque: “Breg ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Брэг (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Брэг”
- Bulgarian: “Брег”
- Catalan: “Breg”
- Cebuano: “Breg”
- Chinese: “布雷格河”
- Croatian: “Breg (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Breg”
- Czech: “Breg”
- Danish: “Breg”
- Dutch: “Breg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بريج”
- Finnish: “Breg”
- French: “Breg”
- German: “Breg”
- Greek: “Μπρεγκ”
- Hebrew: “ברג”
- Irish: “An Bhreg”
- Italian: “Breg”
- Japanese: “ブレーク川”
- Korean: “브레그강”
- Luxembourgish: “Breg”
- Macedonian: “Брег”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Breg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Breg”
- Norwegian: “Breg”
- Polish: “Breg”
- Romanian: “Breg”
- Russian: “Брег”
- Serbian: “Breg”
- Serbian: “Брег”
- Slovak: “Breg”
- Spanish: “Breg”
- Spanish: “Rio Breg”
- Spanish: “Río Breg”
- Swedish: “Breg”
- Swiss German: “Breg”
- Tosk Albanian: “Breg”
- Turkish: “Breg Nehri”
- Turkmen: “Breg derýasy”
- Turkmen: “Breg”
- Ukrainian: “Бреґ (ріка)”
- Ukrainian: “Бреґ”
- Venetian: “Fiume Breg”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Breg”
- Western Frisian: “Breg”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Allmendshofen and Haberfeld.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include DJK Sportplatz and Kirchgarten.
Baden-Württemberg: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, and Mannheim.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.