Schussen
River in Germany
title: "Schussen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-baden-württemberg", "bodenseekreis", "schussen-basin", "swabia", "upper-swabia", "rivers-of-germany"] description: "River in Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schussen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Germany ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Schussen |
| image | Schussenquelle.jpg |
| image_caption | Source of the Schussen River |
| pushpin_map | Baden-Württemberg |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the mouth of the river in Baden-Württemberg |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Germany |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Baden-Württemberg |
| subdivision_type5 | Cities |
| subdivision_name5 | |
| length | 59.3 km |
| source1_location | north of Bad Schussenried, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | 585 m |
| mouth | Eriskircher wetlands |
| mouth_location | Eriskirch in the Bodensee |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 395 m |
| progression | |
| basin_size | 822 km2 |
| :: |
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The Schussen () is a 59 km tributary of Lake Constance (Bodensee), which drains to the High Rhine, in the southern portion of Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg (Germany).
Course
From its source, not far from the Lake Feder, around 1.5 km north of Bad Schussenried, where it runs down the watershed between the Rhine and the Danube, to the Bodensee.
The river passes south of Aulendorf through its own valley in the northern part of the Altdorf Forests, through the Schussen ravine by Durlesbach and by Mochewangen (Wolpertswende), and from there into the broad Schussen Valley. The valley was not created by the river itself, but rather during one of the Ice Ages. From there it runs past the small city of Weingarten, and, further, by Ravensburg and through the district of Meckenbeuren, before it flows out into Upper Lake Constance (Obersee) in the vicinity of Eriskirch, at the Eriskircher wetlands.
Tributaries
Several streams enter the Schussen, including the Wolfegger Ach, which originates between Binningen and Niederbiegen (both are part of the community of Baienfurt). Other tributaries include the Scherzach, Scharzach, and the Ravensburg city creek.
Oddities
In the course of its passage through the County of Biberach, the Schussen is the only stream that flows south to the Bodensee; all others flow north to the Danube. File:Schussentalbrücke Ravensburg 2.jpg|"Schussenbridge", Ravensburg File:D-BW-Eriskirch-Baumgarten - Holzbrücke (1824) 002.JPG|Bridge of 1824, Baumgarten File:D-BW-Eriskirch - Holzbrücke 1828 002.jpg|Bridge of 1828, Eriskirch File:D-BW-Eriskirch - Hängesteg 001.JPG|Close to Lake Constance
References
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