Leoganger Ache


The Leoganger Ache is a river of Salzburg, Austria, a left tributary of the Saalach.
The Leonganger Ache drains the valley of the same name, the Leoganger Tal. It originates near the border with Tyrol in Hütten, municipality of Leogang, at a height of out of its two headstreams:
It flows from west to east and ist about long, including the Schwarzleobach.
After half its way it passes through the municipality of Leogang. The Leoganger Valley falls openly and gently into the Saalfelden Basin. Northwest of Saalfelden, in the parish of, the Leoganger Ache discharges into the Saalach; at a triple confluence with the.
Its northern, right hand tributaries comprise several mountain streams that drain the limestone massif of the Leogang Mountains. From the Slate Alps the main streams are the Schwarzbach.
The B 164 Hochkönig Road runs along the Leoganger Valley over the Grießen Pass and via Fieberbrunn to St. Johann in Tirol – it is the only internal Austria link between Tyrol and the east that does not cross a high Alpine pass, but is also linked to Salzburg via the Little German Corner.