Laudach

Infobox River | river_name = Laudach

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caption = Laudach in winter.
origin = Laudachsee
mouth = Alm (Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting)
basin_countries = Austria
length = about 20 km
elevation =
discharge =
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Laudach is a river in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. With the outer Laudach, the river reaches a length of something over 20 km. The Laudach is a left and the main tributary of the Alm.

The longer, „äußere“ (outer) Laudach is the output of the Laudachsee in Gmunden. It passes from the south direction the city areas of Sankt Konrad, Gschwandt, Kirchham and Vorchdorf.

The smaller tributary, the „innere“ or „dürre“ (inner) Laudach, has its source in the municipality of Kirchham. It forms from two sources, the „Platzbach“ and the „Edlbach“. The water stems from hills, which lay like a horse shoe around the village Hagenmühle in Kirchham. [cite web | url=http://www.almtalonline.at/AlmtalOnline/Orte/Kirchham/Index.htm | title=Grüß Gott in Kirchham | publisher=almtalonline.at | accessdate=2008-09-18 ] These three hills are the Wiesberg, Hacklberg and Feichtenberg. [cite web | url=http://www.extrablick.at/images/ausgabe_12/pdf/BKI_21_BKI_21v32.pdf | title=Wilder Bach unterm Traunstein | publisher=extrablick.at | accessdate=2008-09-18 ] Also from southern direction coming, this right tributary discharges into the "äußere" Laudach north of the center of Vorchdorf.

The Laudach disembogues about 5 km after the junction of the „äußeren“ and „inneren“ Laudach, several times interrupted by small weirs, in the southern area of the city of Bad Wimsbach into the Alm.

Alongside the Laudach, there are a couple of artificial applied ponds.

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