Lafnitz (river)

Lafnitz

A chartaque on the Lafnitz near Burgau.
Location	Austria
Length	114 km
Source	east of the Kreuzwirt, municipality of Wenigzell, Joglland 47°22′47″N 15°48′19″E / 47.37972°N 15.80528°E / 47.37972; 15.80528Coordinates: 47°22′47″N 15°48′19″E / 47.37972°N 15.80528°E / 47.37972; 15.80528
Source height	930 m (AA)
Mouth	near Szentgotthárd into the Raab 46°57′30″N 16°16′29″E / 46.95833°N 16.27472°E / 46.95833; 16.27472
Mouth height	224 m
Descent	706 m
Basin	Danube
Progression	Raab → Little Danube → Danube → Black Sea
Catchment	1,994 km² [1]
Right tributaries	Voraubach, Safen, Feistritz, Rittschein
Small towns	Szentgotthárd
Villages	Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Lafnitz, Neudau, Burgau, Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf (Burgenland), Hackerberg

The Lafnitz (Hungarian: Lapincs) is a river in southeastern Austria and (briefly) western Hungary. It is 112 km long, and has a basin area of 1994 km².^[2] It rises from near the border of Styria and Lower Austria, and flows in a generally southeastern direction through the towns of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Lafnitz, Markt Allhau, Wolfau, Wörth an der Lafnitz, Neudau, Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf and Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal and empties into the Rába less than a kilometer inside Hungary, in the town Szentgotthárd. For much of its length it forms the border between Styria and Burgenland. Its largest tributary is the river Feistritz.

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