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14-653: It is a 38 km (24 mi) long left tributary of the Inn . It starts as the outflow of the Spitzingsee in southern Bavaria, and flows from north to south to the town of Rattenberg where it merges with the Inn. This Tyrol location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Austria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

28-692: A river in Bavaria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Inn (river) The Inn ( Latin : Aenus ; Romansh : En ) is a river in Switzerland , Austria and Germany . The 518 km (322 mi) long river is a right tributary of the Danube , being the third largest tributary of the Danube by discharge. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina at 4,049 m (13,284 ft). The Engadine ,

42-501: Is named after the river ( Romansh Engiadina ; Latin vallis Eniatina ). Shortly after it leaves its source, the Inn flows through the largest lakes on its course, Lake Sils and Lake Silvaplana . It runs north-eastwards, entering Austria, and from Landeck eastwards through the Austrian state of Tyrol and its capital, Innsbruck ( bridge over the Inn ), and crosses the border into Bavaria near Kufstein . On Bavarian territory

56-624: The 16th century, for example in the Tyrolian Landreim of 1557, and since the 18th century this spelling and pronunciation with a short vowel has been customary. The mentions in Roman times refer to the lower course. The Tyrolean section was first called Aenus by Venantius Fortunatus in the 6th century. The name Engadin and the Romansh name En indicate that the upper reaches of the river have always been called this way. Even though it

70-474: The 16th century, on an equal footing with larger cities. The privileges afforded by this enabled the salt trade to flourish right into the 19th century. At the junction of the main overland route with the main water route, Wasserburg became the most important trade centre with the Balkans, Austria and Italy, a means of attaining power and wealth for the shipping owners and merchants. In the early days, Wasserburg

84-588: The Black Sea (via the Danube). The average discharge at the mouth of the Inn is 735 m /s (26,000 cu ft/s). On 3 June 2013 the discharge of the Inn in Passau reached 6,820 m /s (241,000 cu ft/s) and the water levels reached 12.85 m (42.2 ft), the highest recorded historic flood level since 1501. The historic centre of Passau, where the Danube , Inn and Ilz converge,

98-621: The Inn finally enters the Danube (as does the river Ilz there). Although the Inn has a greater average flow than the Danube when they converge in Passau, and its watershed contains the Piz Bernina, the highest point in the Danube watershed, the Inn is considered a tributary of the Danube, which has a greater length, drains a larger surface area, and has a more consistent flow. The Inn is the only river originating in Switzerland that ends in

112-459: The city a unique view. Wasserburg consists of 22 Ortsteile : The town was first mentioned in a document (now considered to be a fake) in 1137, when Hallgraf Engelbert moved his residence from the nearby castle Limburg to his "Wasserburg" (Water Castle). It is one of the most historic towns of Old Bavaria – somewhat older than Munich, continually fought over by the Bavarian nobility and, up to

126-553: The river runs northwards and passes Rosenheim , Wasserburg am Inn , and Waldkraiburg ; then it turns east, runs through Mühldorf and Neuötting and is enlarged by two major tributaries, the Alz and the Salzach . From here to the Danube , it forms the border between Germany (Bavaria) and Austria ( Upper Austria ). Towns on this last section of the river are Marktl am Inn , Simbach on Inn , Braunau am Inn and Schärding . In Passau

140-605: The valley of the En, is the only Swiss valley whose waters end up in the Black Sea (via the Danube). The name Inn is derived from the old Celtic words en and enios , meaning water . In a document of 1338, the river was named Wasser (German for water). The first written mention from the years 105 to 109 (Publii Corneli Taciti historiarium liber tertius) reads: " ... Sextilius Felix... ad occupandam ripam Aeni fluminis, quod Raetos Noricosque interfluit, missus... " ("... Sextilius Felix

154-601: Was an important hub in the salt trade. Its bridge was the only possibility to cross the river Inn for 30 km in both directions. On its shore the salt, mined in Berchtesgaden or produced in the Saline (saltern) at Bad Reichenhall and shipped from there by cart, could be loaded on ships travelling on the Inn River. Up to the 17th century Wasserburg was used as the port of the capital Munich . Up until 1972, when it

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168-584: Was flooded severely. Currently, there are 24 hydroelectric power plants on the Inn. 17 of them are operated by Verbund AG . The power plants are listed beginning at the headwaters: Wasserburg am Inn Wasserburg am Inn ( Central Bavarian : Wassabuag am Inn ) is a town in Rosenheim district in Upper Bavaria , Germany . The historic centre is a peninsula formed by the meandering river Inn . Many Medieval structures remain intact, giving

182-741: Was occasionally believed that the Inn originated near the Adige at the Reschen Pass , since the 16th century at the latest the origin has been seen uniformly in the area of the lakes at the Maloja Pass . A connection may exist between the name Inn and the name of the French river Ain . The source of the Inn is located in the Swiss Alps , west of St. Moritz in the Engadine region, which

196-624: Was sent to capture the banks of the Inn, which flows between the Rhaetian people and the Noric people.") The river is also mentioned by other authors of the Roman Empire as Ainos (Greek) or Aenus (Latin). In medieval Latin it was written as Enus or Oenus . The change in the old Bavarian language from e to i turned Enus to In . Until the 17th century, it was written like this or Yn , but also Ihn or Yhn . The double-n appeared only in

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