Vils (Danube)

The Vils in Vilshofen near the confluence with the Danube

Vilsmündung left in the picture, from early 18th century

The Vils is a right tributary of the Danube in Bavaria.

Course

The Vils arises from the confluence of the Great and Little Vils. The two rivers have their source in Upper Bavaria in the district of Erding and unite 700 meters south of Gerzen, on the territory of the municipality Schalkham, near the hamlet of Wörth mill, where the same, last mill is situated on the Great Vils.

The Vils is 68.62 kilometers long. The Valley of Vils is dominated by agriculture, as well as several hydroelectric power plants are by the river. In front Hausen it flows in a conservation area by the Vilstalsee, which is also used for recreation. A few kilometers after they split up in the new Vilskanal and Altvils that repeatedly come together in the further course again and share. Your main tributary is the opening out at Kröhstorf Kollbach. In Vilshofen the river finally flows at river kilometer 2248.7 into the Danube.

The largest inflows

• Paradise Bach ( Gerzen )
• Sommeraubach ( Sommerau )
• Erlinger Bach ( Aham )
• Abensbach ( Guntendorf )
• Grundlbach ( wine village )
• Upper wind stream ( winemaker village)
• Gruber Bach ( Loitersdorf )
• Aspen Bach ( Vilstalsee )
• Erletgraben ( Einstorf )
• Gainstorfer trench ( Gainstorf )
• Müllerlohegraben ( Grafenmühl )

• Schwimmbach ( Vilstalsee )
• Ding villages Bach ( ash tree )
• Bach rice (rice Bach)
• Hötzendorfer trench ( Hötzendorf )
• Winner Bach ( Oberhausen )
• Etzenbach ( Aufhausen )
• Petzenbach ( Dornach )
• Kollbach ( Kröhstorf )
• Sulzbach ( Freundorf )
• Alder Brook ( Alder Brook )
• Aunkirchner Bach ( Aunkirchen )

A more extensive list, which also includes small tributaries, is found in the list of tributaries of the Vils.