Argen

The Argen is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows into Lake Constance between Kressbronn am Bodensee and Langenargen as the third largest tributary to the lake. It is long; if one includes the Obere Argen and its source river Seelesgraben, the combined length is .

Key facts

River.name: Argen
River.image: Argen Unterlauf.jpg
River.image_caption: The Argen upstream of the suspension bridge between Kressbronn am Bodensee and Langenargen
River.map: Argen.png
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Germany
River.subdivision_type2: State
River.subdivision_name2: Baden-Württemberg
River.subdivision_type3: Districts
River.subdivision_name3: Ravensburg and Bodenseekreis
River.length:  (with Obere Argen )
River.source1_location: Confluence of Untere Argen and Obere Argen, between Neukirch and Neuravensburg
River.mouth_location: Into Lake Constance between Kressbronn am Bodensee and Langenargen
River.tributaries_right: Bollenbach

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 395
Image: Argen Unterlauf.jpg
Length: 23.4

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Commons category: Argen
watershed area: 654.6

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Contents

Course
Untere Argen
Obere Argen
Lower reaches
Ruins
Mouth
Level
Statistical values
Nature reserve
History
Marathon
Gallery
See also
Further reading
References
External links

== Course == The headwaters of the Argen arise in the Allgäu. There are two headwaters: the Obere Argen and the Untere Argen. The two arms wrap around the Große Kreisstadt of Wangen im Allgäu and meet each other in the Neuravensburg district of Wangen im Allgäu.