Tauber

{{Short description|River in Germany}} {{For|people named Tauber|Tauber (surname)}} {{Infobox river | name = Tauber | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | image = File:Tauberzell 40607.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Tauber and the vineyards between Rothenburg and Creglingen | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = States | subdivision_name2 = {{ubl|Baden-Württemberg|Bavaria}} | subdivision_type3 = Reference no. | subdivision_name3 = DE: 246 | length_km = 131.7 | length_ref = {{GeoQuelle|DE-BY|GV}} | depth_avg = | source1_location = near Weikersholz | source1_coordinates = {{Coord|49.25|10.114861|type:river_region:DE-BW|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | source1_elevation = {{Höhe|447|DE-NN|link=true }} | mouth_location = near Wertheim am Main into the Main | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|49.763389|9.513722|type:river_region:DE-BW_dim:200|format=dms}} | mouth_elevation = {{Höhe|136|DE-NN|link=true}} | basin_population = | basin_landmarks = {{ubl|Large towns: Bad Mergentheim, Wertheim am Main|Small towns: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Creglingen, Röttingen, Weikersheim, Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberbischofsheim}} | progression = {{RMain}} | basin_size_km2 = 1,809 | basin_size_ref = {{GeoQuelle|DE-BY|GV}} | discharge1_location = at Bockenfeld Gauge | discharge1_avg = {{convert|0.63|m³/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | discharge2_location =Archshofen | discharge2_avg = {{convert|2.64|m³/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | discharge3_location = Bad Mergentheim | discharge3_avg = {{convert|6.94 |m³/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | discharge4_location = Tauberbischofsheim | discharge4_avg = {{convert|9.90 |m³/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | tributaries_right = | tributaries_left = | waterbodies = | ports = | bridges = }} The '''Tauber''' ({{IPA|de|ˈtaʊbɐ|lang|De-Tauber.ogg}}) is a river in Franconia (Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria), Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is {{cvt|132|km}} in length. The name derives from the Celtic word for water (compare: Dover).

== Course == It flows through Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Creglingen, Weikersheim, Bad Mergentheim, Königshofen, Tauberbischofsheim, and flows into the river Main in Wertheim am Main. The Tauber Valley Cycleway is a bicycle path which runs about 101 km along the course of the river.

There is a medieval bridge over the river near Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

thumb|none|Catchment area of the Tauber river

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Category:Tauber basin Category:Rivers of Baden-Württemberg Category:Rivers of Bavaria Category:Ansbach (district) Category:Würzburg (district) Category:Regions of Baden-Württemberg Category:Rivers of Germany