Danube Sinkhole

Sinkhole in the Danube near Möhringen
Schematic of the sinkhole locations and the route to Aachtopf
Completely dry Danube riverbed
Sink hole on the southern bank of the Danube, at the main sinkhole site below Immendingen
Sign in Immendingen. Translation: "Sinkhole – Here the Danube sinks dry on about 155 days per year"

The Danube Sinkhole (German: Donauversinkung or Donauversickerung) is an incipient underground stream capture in the Upper Danube Nature Park. Between Immendingen and Möhringen and also near Fridingen (Tuttlingen), the water of the Danube sinks into the riverbed in various places. The main sinkhole is next to a field named Brühl between Immendingen and Möhringen.

The term "sinking" is more accurate than "seeping", because, instead of just distributing into the soil, the Danube's water flows through caverns to the Aachtopf, where it emerges as the river Radolfzeller Aach, a tributary of Lake Constance and the Rhine, respectively.