# Windauer Ache

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{{infobox river<!-- de:Template:Infobox Fluss -->
| name = Windauer Ache
| map = 
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| image = Brixentaler_Ache_Grafik.jpg
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| image_caption = The diagram shows the course of the Windauer Ache, which flows in a northerly direction - from the Salzburg border to Hopfgarten.
| subdivision_type1 = Country 
| subdivision_name1 = [Austria](/source/Austria)
| subdivision_type2 = [State](/source/States_of_Austria)
| subdivision_name2 = [Tyrol](/source/Tyrol_(state))
| subdivision_type3 = Location
| subdivision_name3 = in the [Windautal](/source/Windautal) / [Kitzbühel Alps](/source/Kitzb%C3%BChel_Alps)
| length = {{convert|22.0|km|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|AT-7|TIRIS}}
| depth_avg = 
| source1_location = [Reinkarsee](/source/Reinkarsee) on the [Kröndlhorn](/source/Kr%C3%B6ndlhorn)
| source1_coordinates = {{Coord|47|18|25|N|12|10|15|E|type:river_region:AT-7|format=dms|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation = {{Höhe|2200|AT|link=true }}
| mouth_location = In Haslau / [Hopfgarten](/source/Hopfgarten_im_Brixental) into the [Brixentaler Ache](/source/Brixentaler_Ache)
| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|47|26|17|N|12|10|18|E|type:river_region:AT-7|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{Höhe|630|AT|link=true}}
| basin_population = 
| basin_landmarks = Villages: [Westendorf](/source/Westendorf%2C_Tyrol) and [Hopfgarten](/source/Hopfgarten_im_Brixental)
| progression = [Brixentaler Ache](/source/Brixentaler_Ache)→ {{RInn}}
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| tributaries_right = Miesenbach, Rettenbach
| tributaries_left = Falberbach, Dürrnbach
| waterbodies = Lakes: [Reinkarsee](/source/Reinkarsee)
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The '''Windauer Ache''' is a mountain stream in [Tyrol](/source/Tyrol_(state)), [Austria](/source/Austria), in the scenic [Windautal](/source/Windautal) valley in the [Kitzbühel Alps](/source/Kitzb%C3%BChel_Alps).

The Ache rises on the [Reinkarsee](/source/Reinkarsee) at about {{Höhe|2200|AT|link=true}}, at the foot of the [Kröndlhorn](/source/Kr%C3%B6ndlhorn), and its middle reaches run through a roughly {{cvt|4|km}} long gorge. In [Hopfgarten](/source/Hopfgarten_im_Brixental) the Windauer Ache discharges into the [Brixentaler Ache](/source/Brixentaler_Ache) at a narrow point in the valley; the Brixentaler Ache in turn empties into the [River Inn](/source/Inn_(river)) at [Wörgl](/source/W%C3%B6rgl).

The Ache flows through the municipalities of [Westendorf](/source/Westendorf%2C_Tyrol) and [Hopfgarten](/source/Hopfgarten_im_Brixental).

The Windauer Ache is very popular for [whitewater canoeing](/source/whitewater_canoeing) (grade WW II to WW V).

<gallery>
File:Reinkarsee_050924.jpg|The source region on the Rainkarsee
File:Windauer-Ache.jpg|The Ache downstream
File:Brixental3.jpg|The large weir of Brixentaler Ache near its confluence with the Windauer Ache in Hopfgarten
</gallery>

== High water ==
At the end of July 2006, a severe storm caused enormous damage throughout the entire Windau valley. The flood of the Windauer Ache tore away the stream shoring, bridges and road sections. The investment sum for the restoration - and simultaneous shoring and regulation of the river - amounted to approximately 860,000 euros. 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Rivers of Tyrol (state)
Category:Kitzbühel District
Category:Kitzbühel Alps
Category:Rivers of Austria

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