Mindel

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Mindel
Location	Swabia, Bavaria,  Germany
Reference no.	DE: 116
Length	77.93 km [1]
Source	at the Mindelmühle near Ronsberg 47°53′53″N 10°26′24″E / 47.897972°N 10.44°E / 47.897972; 10.44Coordinates: 47°53′53″N 10°26′24″E / 47.897972°N 10.44°E / 47.897972; 10.44
Source height	ca. 760 mTemplate:Infobox Fluss/HÖHENBEZUG-QUELLE missing
Mouth	near Gundremmingen into the Danube 48°30′26″N 10°23′14″E / 48.50722°N 10.38722°E / 48.50722; 10.38722
Mouth height	ca. 430 mTemplate:Infobox Fluss/Mouth height datum missing
Descent	ca. 330 m
Basin	Danube
Progression	Danube → Black Sea
Catchment	953 km² Template:Infobox Fluss/NACHWEIS-EINZUGSGEBIET missing
DischargeTemplate:Infobox Fluss/NACHWEIS-ABFLUSS	Average mid:   10 m³/s Average high: 65 m³/s
Right tributaries	Flossach
Left tributaries	Kammel
Small towns	Mindelheim, Thannhausen, Burgau
Villages	Markt Obergünzburg, Markt Ronsberg, Eggenthal, Unteregg, Markt Dirlewang, Apfeltrach, Markt Pfaffenhausen, Salgen, Breitenbrunn, Markt Kirchheim in Schwaben, Aletshausen, Ursberg, Balzhausen, Markt Münsterhausen, Markt Neuburg an der Kammel, Markt Burtenbach, Markt Jettingen-Scheppach, Rettenbach, Dürrlauingen, Markt Offingen, Gundremmingen

The Mindel is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Mindel originates west of Kaufbeuren, in the Allgäu region, and flows generally north. It flows into the Danube (right tributary) in Gundremmingen, east of Günzburg. The towns Mindelheim, Burgau and Thannhausen lie along the Mindel.

The Mindel gave its name to the Mindel Glaciation in the Alps. This glacial period (approx. 350,000 - 250,000 years before present) is called Elsterian Stage (Elster / Elserian Glaciation) in northern Europe, and Anglian Stage in United Kingdom.

References

1. ^ Waterbody classification, dimensions and other information about waterbodies in Bavaria at the Bavarian State Department of the Environment