| Thur | |
| Mouth Location: | High Rhine (German: Hochrhein) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.5945°N 8.5908°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Switzerland |
| Length: | 135km (84miles)[1] |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.2334°N 9.3415°W |
| Basin Size: | 1696km2 |
| Tributaries Right: | Necker, Sitter |
The Thur is a 135adj=midNaNadj=mid river in north-eastern Switzerland and a tributary of the High Rhine (German: Hochrhein).[2]
The name was first attested in 886 A.D. as Dura. In the 13th century, the spelling Turia appears, and in the 14th century Thûr, Tûr. The name has been interpreted as an Old European hydronym, from *durâ or *duriâ “river” from the Indo-European root *dhu “to run, to hurry”.
Turgowe, a village in the Duchy of Alamannia, was named after a body of water. The first mention of the village is slightly older than the earliest mention of the body of water. Around 745, it was cited in the village of Durgaugen. This led to the eventual naming of the canton as Thurgau.
The river's source is near Wildhaus in the south-east of the Toggenburg region in the canton of St. Gallen, south of Säntis mountain (Alpstein). Near Unterwasser, it forms two waterfalls. Subsequently, it flows mainly northward through the Toggenburg Valley. Near Lütisburg, it is joined by the Necker. Close to the town of Wil, it turns eastward and the Thur[3] continues through the canton of Thurgau, which is named after the river. At Bischofszell, at the confluence with the Sitter, the Thur changes its direction and continues in a general westward direction, passing by Frauenfeld, the capital of Thurgau, where it is joined by the River Murg. The final 19km (12miles) of the Thur is in the canton of Zürich. North of Flaach, it then flows into the River Rhine (High Rhine) near the border between the canton of Zürich and the southern part of the canton of Schaffhausen (Rüdlingen-Buchberg), just a short distance south of the border with Germany. The mouth of the Thur lies only a few kilometers north of the confluence of the Rhine and Töss.
Tributaries are listed from source to mouth:
The River Thur,[4] undisturbed by any lake, from its source to its confluence with the Rhine, is a mountain stream that tends to rise sharply in water level under appropriate weather conditions. The biggest floods were in the years:
Thurweg (English: Thur path) is a 160-kilometer hiking trail that runs along the banks of the Thur river from Wildhaus to Rüdlingen.The main attractions are: