The Kitzbühler Ache is a river in the Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel (district)

The Bezirk Kitzbühel is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria in the north, the Kufstein and Schwaz districts in the west, and the Pinzgau region in the east and south....

 district, Tyrol

Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. As Jochberger Ache it sources near Pass Thurn

Pass Thurn

Thurn Pass is a high mountain pass in Austria, in the Kitzbühel Alps. It connects Kitzbühel in Tyrol with Mittersill in Salzburg.There are several chairlifts and T-bar lifts at the pass...

.

Jochberg

Jochberg, Tyrol

Jochberg is a municipality in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at which is 8 km south of Kitzbühel, at an elevation of 923 m above sea level. Population is 1,540 , on an area of 87.8 km²....

, Aurach bei Kitzbühel

Aurach bei Kitzbühel

Aurach bei Kitzbühel is a municipality in Kitzbühel District in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.Aurauch is located 5 km south of district town of Kitzbühel on the river known as the Kitzbühler Ache and the road to Thurn Pass...

, Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel

-Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer...

 and Oberndorf in Tirol

Oberndorf in Tirol

Oberndorf is a municipality in Kitzbühel District, Tyrol, Austria. It is located in the Leukental valley, on the Kitzbühler Ache stream, halfway between St. Johann in Tirol and Kitzbühel, at an altitude of 687 m above sea level....

 are situated along the river. At the southern town limits of St. Johann in Tirol

St. Johann in Tirol

-History:St. Johann is situated in the Leukental, which extends from Jochberg to the Streichen close to the Bavarian border. This region was already settled in the 4th century BC by a Celtic tribe, the Ambisontiers, who pursued copper mining in the surrounding mountains.In 15 B.C...

 first the Reither Ache flows into the Kitzbühler Ache, later also the Fieberbrunner Ache, forming the Großache

Großache

The Großache is a river, long, in the east of the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Bavarian region of Chiemgau.-Names:The river is known by four different names, each applying to a different section of its course: above Kitzbühel it is the Jochberger Ache, from Kitzbühel to St...

, which flows as Tiroler Achen in Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

 into the Chiemsee

Chiemsee

Chiemsee is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, between Rosenheim, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. It is often called the Bavarian Sea. The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake; the river Alz, out of it...

. It has a length of app. 66 km.

During the August 2002 European flood, parts of St. Johann in Tirol

St. Johann in Tirol

-History:St. Johann is situated in the Leukental, which extends from Jochberg to the Streichen close to the Bavarian border. This region was already settled in the 4th century BC by a Celtic tribe, the Ambisontiers, who pursued copper mining in the surrounding mountains.In 15 B.C...

 were affected by the flood due to high water levels of Kitzbühler Ache and Reither Ache.

See also

• Großache
  Großache
  The Großache is a river, long, in the east of the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Bavarian region of Chiemgau.-Names:The river is known by four different names, each applying to a different section of its course: above Kitzbühel it is the Jochberger Ache, from Kitzbühel to St...