Leiblach

Leiblach near Hörbranz at low tide

The Leiblach, formerly Leubelach, is a tributary of Lake Constance, and thus of the Rhine. It has its origin in the area of ​​scattered settlement Menzen, community home church, at about 692 m altitude in the Swabian Alps.

Geography

With an average water flow of 3.2 m³ / s it represents the seventh largest tributary of Lake Constance, which corresponds to a share of 0.9 percent of the total tributary of Lake Constance. The riverbed of the Leiblach consists mainly of river gravels and sands. In the later course of the river it is made of rigid Molasse. In the upper reaches and gorge-like recessed center run it runs within Germany. The largest tributary is the Rickenbach, which opens in Postal (municipality Sigmarszell ) from the left in the Leiblach. Here the underflow begins, and from here the river forms the border between the city of Lindau in Bavaria on the right side and the Austrian municipalities Hohenweiler and Hörbranz on the left. Above its confluence also of Rickenbach is a border river. The length is 33 km.

Fauna & Flora

The Leiblach forms as river habitat habitat for several endangered fish species such as Strömer, Schneider, nose, Koppe, brown trout and grayling. For this reason, the lying in Germany part of the river was reported as a Natura 2000 site. In Vorarlberg are designated as conservation area 7.62 ha.