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Rotach

Baden-Württemberg river stubsRivers of Baden-WürttembergRivers of GermanyTributaries of Lake ConstanceTributaries of the Rhine
Friedrichshafen Rotach08
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The Rotach is a 39-kilometre-long (24 mi) tributary of Lake Constance, which drains to the Rhine, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The river source is near the municipality of Wilhelmsdorf. It flows southward through Horgenzell and Oberteuringen before emptying into Lake Constance at the city of Friedrichshafen.

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Rotach
Achstraße, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Friedrichshafen

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Achstraße 16
88046 Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Friedrichshafen, Kitzenwiese
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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