The Limmat in the old town of Zürich: Schipfe quarter to the left and Limmatquai to the right.

Höngg-Rütihof and Limmat valley as seen from Käferberg

Aar (to the left) and Limmat

The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. It is the continuation of the Linth river, known as Limmat from the point of effluence from Lake Zürich, in the city of Zürich. From Zürich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare. The confluence is located north of the small town of Brugg, Aargau and shortly after the mouth of the Reuss.

The main towns along the Limmat Valley downstream of Zürich are Dietikon, Wettingen, and Baden. Its main tributaries are the Sihl (in Zürich) and the Reppisch (in Dietikon).

Like many Swiss rivers, it is intensively used for production of hydroelectric power: along its course of 35 km (22 mi), its fall is used by no less than ten hydroelectric power stations.

The name Limmat originates as a combination of the names of the Linth and Maag rivers, the main tributaries of the lake of Zürich before the construction of the Linth canal.

[edit] Towns near the river

• In the canton of Zurich:
  1. Zurich
  2. Oberengstringen
  3. Unterengstringen
  4. Schlieren
  5. Dietikon
  6. Geroldswil
  7. Oetwil an der Limmat
• In the canton of Aargau
  1. Spreitenbach
  2. Würenlos
  3. Neuenhof
  4. Wettingen
  5. Baden
  6. Ennetbaden
  7. Nussbaumen
  8. Untersiggenthal
  9. Turgi

[edit] External links

• Media related to Limmat at Wikimedia Commons

• Media related to Limmat in Zürich at Wikimedia Commons
• Limmat in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°15′E / 47.5°N 8.25°E / 47.5; 8.25