Glotter

Glotter
Mill on the Glotter
Map
Location
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Dreisam
 • coordinates
48°08′47″N 7°45′19″E / 48.1464°N 7.7554°E / 48.1464; 7.7554
Basin features
ProgressionDreisamElzRhineNorth Sea

Glotter is a river of in the Breisgau region in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany which is approximately 30 km long. The spring of this river is located at an altitude of 1040 m amsl on the eastern slope of the Kandel near Neuwelt, a suburb of St. Peter in the Black Forest. It crosses the Glotter dale (in German: Glottertal, which is also the name of a village). Near Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, it discharges into the Dreisam.[1][2] Near Denzlingen, much of its water is diverted towards the Elz through the stream Lossele.