Lafnitz (river)

{{Infobox river

| name = Lafnitz

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| image = River Lafnitz with Tschartake.jpg

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| image_caption = A chartaque on the Lafnitz near Burgau.

| subdivision_type1 = Country

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| subdivision_type2 = Countries

| subdivision_name2 = Austria and Hungary

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| length_km = 113.6|length_ref={{GeoQuelle|AT-6|DAS}}

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| source1_location = east of the Kreuzwirt, municipality of Wenigzell, Joglland

| source1_coordinates = {{Coord|47.37972|15.80528|type:river_region:AT-6|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| source1_elevation = {{Höhe|930|AT|link=true }}

| mouth_location = near Szentgotthárd into the Raab

| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|46.95833|16.27472|type:river_region:HU-VA|format=dms|display=inline}}

| mouth_elevation = {{cvt|224|m}}

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| basin_landmarks = {{ubl|Small towns: Szentgotthárd|Villages: Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Lafnitz, Neudau, Burgau, Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf, Hackerberg}}

| progression = {{RRába}}

| basin_size_km2 = 1992|basin_size_ref=

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| tributaries_right = Voraubach, Safen, {{ill|Feistritz (Lafnitz)|lt=Feistritz|de||fr||sh||sv|Feistritz (flod)}}, {{ill|Rittschein|ceb||de||sv}}

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| extra = {{Designation list

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Lafnitztal

| designation1_date = 1 March 2002

| designation1_number = 1169{{Cite web|title=Lafnitztal|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1169|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}

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The Lafnitz ({{langx|hu|Lapincs}}) is a river in southeastern Austria and (briefly) western Hungary.

The Lafnitz is {{convert|113.6|km|abbr=on}} long,{{GeoQuelle|AT-6|DAS}} and has a basin area of {{convert|1992|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://info.bmlrt.gv.at/dam/jcr:31053ed8-8c8a-4e79-89e8-1bf108ee3ab3/Beitrag%2063.pdf|title=Flächenverzeichnis der Flussgebiete: Leitha-, Rabnitz- und Raabgebiet|work=Beiträge zur Hydrografie Österreichs Heft 63|page=114|date=December 2014}} It rises near the border of Styria and Lower Austria, and flows in a generally southeastern direction through the towns of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Lafnitz, Markt Allhau, Wolfau, Wörth an der Lafnitz, Neudau, Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf, and Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal, and it empties into the Rába less than a kilometer inside Hungary, in the town of Szentgotthárd. For much of its length it forms the border between Styria and Burgenland. Its largest tributary is the {{ill|Feistritz (Lafnitz)|lt=Feistritz|de||fr||sh||sv|Feistritz (flod)}}.