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{{Short description|River in Vorarlberg, Austria}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox river
 | name              = Bregenzer Ach
 | image             = Mündungsdelta der Bregenzer Ache.jpg
 | image_size        =
 | image_caption     = Mouth of the river on [[Obersee (Lake Constance)|Upper Lake Constance]]
 | source1_location  = [[Mohnenfluh]] in the [[Bregenz Forest Mountains]] near [[Schröcken]]
 | mouth_location    = [[Lake Constance]] at [[Hard (Austria)|Hard]] 
 | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|47|30|12|N|9|41|37|E|region:AT|display=inline,title}}
 | progression       = {{RLake Constance}}
 | subdivision_type1 = Country
 | subdivision_name1 = [[Austria]]
 | subdivision_type2 = [[States of Austria|State]]
 | subdivision_name2 = [[Vorarlberg]]
 | length_km = 67.0|length_ref={{GeoQuelle|DE-BY|GV}}
 | source1_elevation = {{convert|2400|m|ft|abbr=on}}
 | mouth_elevation   = {{convert|395|m|ft|abbr=on}}
 | discharge1_avg    =
| basin_size_km2 = 832|basin_size_ref={{GeoQuelle|DE-BY|GV}}
| tributaries_right = [[Weißach (Bregenzer Ach)|Weißach]], [[Subersach]]
}}

The '''Bregenzer Ach''' (also: ''Bregenzer Ache'') is the main [[river]] of the [[Bregenz Forest]] ({{lang|de|Bregenzerwald}}) in the [[States of Austria|Austrian state]] of [[Vorarlberg]]. It is a tributary to [[Lake Constance]] and the River [[Rhine]], respectively.

[[File:Tussen Mellau en Bezau, waarschijnlijk de Bregerenzer Ache foto2 2009-06-03 14.55.JPG|thumb|left|Bregenzer Ache between Mellau and Bezau]]
[[File:Hard_Rhein_BregenzerAche.JPG|thumb|left|Bregenzer Ache (right) enters [[Lake Constance]] east of the [[Alpine Rhine]] in [[Hard (Austria)|Hard]]]]

==Geography==
The source of the river is above the town of [[Schröcken]], at an [[altitude]] of about {{cvt|2400|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bregenzer Ach in Österreich, Vorarlberg - alpen-guide.de |url=https://www.alpen-guide.de/reisefuehrer/poi/bregenzer-ach-schroecken |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=www.alpen-guide.de}}</ref> The river is {{cvt|67|km}} long and drains almost the entire area of the Bregenz Forest. Its mouth on [[Obersee (Lake Constance)|Upper Lake Constance]] ({{lang|de|Obersee}}) is near [[Bregenz]] and lies east of the outflows of the rivers [[Dornbirner Ach]] and [[Alpine Rhine]]. The outflow of Lake Constance is the [[High Rhine]].

==See also==
* [[Bregenz Forest Mountains]]
* [[List of rivers of Austria]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Bregenzer Ache}}

{{Rhine Tributaries}}
{{Lake Constance}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Rivers of Vorarlberg]]
[[Category:Bregenzer Ach basin| ]]
[[Category:Rivers of Austria]]


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