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{{Infobox river
  | name              = Dornbirner Ach
  | image             = Dornbirn Rappenlochschlucht 02.JPG
  | image_caption     = Dornbirner Ach in the Rappenloch Gorge
  | map               = Dornbirner Ache.png
  | subdivision_type1 = Country
  | subdivision_name1 = [[Austria]]
  | subdivision_type2 = [[States of Austria|State]]
  | subdivision_name2 = [[Vorarlberg]]
  | source1_location  = [[Vorarlberg]]
  | source1_coordinates = {{coord|47.307357|9.767816|format=dms}}
  | mouth_location    = [[Lake Constance]]
  | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|47.4985|9.6754|format=dms}}
  | progression       = {{RRhine}}
  | length            = 29.9 km
  | source1_elevation = 1485 m
  | mouth_elevation   = 385 m
  | discharge1_avg    = 
  | basin_size        = 223 km<sup>2</sup>
}}
The '''Dornbirner Ach''' (also called ''Dornbirner Ache'') is a {{cvt|29.9|km}} long stream in [[Vorarlberg]], [[Austria]], and a [[tributary]] of [[Lake Constance]] ({{lang|de|Bodensee}}) and the [[Rhine]], respectively. It flows through two [[gorge]]s in its upper part, the '''Alploch Gorge''' and the '''Rappenloch Gorge'''.

==Course==
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[[File:Thurnher Filmproduktion Cinedoku Vorarlberg Mäander Dornbirner Ache.jpg|thumb|right|Meanders northwest of Dornbirn]]
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The river's source is located in the [[Bregenz Forest Mountains|mountains]] near the alpine village of {{ill|Ebnit|als|de||uz}} ([[Dornbirn District|Dornbirn]]). Downstream, the river flows through one of the largest and most gorgeous [[gorge]]s in Central Europe, the {{ill|Alplochschlucht|ceb||de||sv}} ({{langx|en|Alploch Gorge}}) and {{ill|Rappenlochschlucht|ceb||de||sv}} ({{langx|en|Rappenloch Gorge}}), which are separated by a small [[reservoir lake]] ({{lang|de|Staufensee}}). Further downstream, the river cuts through the town of [[Dornbirn]] and then [[meander]]s off over a broad meadow landscape, the {{ill|Lauterach Ried|de|Europaschutzgebiet Lauteracher Ried}} in the [[Alpine Rhine Valley]], finally flowing into [[Obersee (Lake Constance)|Upper Lake Constance]].

The mouth of the river was originally near [[Fussach]], but since the [[Rhine Regulation|straightening of the Alpine Rhine]], it flows parallel and quite close to the latter into Lake Constance near [[Hard, Austria|Hard]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ölz |first=Bernhard |title=Revitalisierung der Dornbirner Ache und damit zusammenhängende stadtplanerisch begleitende Maßnahmen |location=[[Vienna|Wien]] |publisher=[[Universität für Bodenkultur Wien|Univ. für Bodenkultur]] ([[diploma thesis]]) |year=1987}}</ref> Its mouth lies west of the [[Bregenzer Ach]].

Some of its tributaries are the Kugelbach, Bruderbach, Spätenbach, Gunzenach/Kobelach and Schwarzach.

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
Alplochschlucht01.jpg|Alploch Gorge
StaufenseeDornbirn.jpg|Staufensee
File:Dornbirn Rappenlochschlucht 05.JPG|Rappenloch Gorge
File:Dornbirn wikicon 31.08.2012 14-24-27.jpg|Dornbirn
File:Brücke über Dornbirner Ach - panoramio.jpg|Bridge near the river's mouth
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Bregenz Forest Mountains]]
* [[Rivers in Austria]]

==References==
{{Commonscat|Dornbirner Ach}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.vorarlberg.at/abfluss/Enz_dia1_Q.gif] Current water level of the Dornbirner Ach at Enz
* {{Austriaforum|AEIOU/Dornbirner_Ache}}


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

[[Category:Rivers of Vorarlberg]]
[[Category:Tributaries of Lake Constance]]
[[Category:Rivers of Austria]]


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