The
Nagold is a river in
Baden-Württemberg, southwestern
Germany. A tributary of the
Enz, it gave its name to the town of
Nagold. It is 90.4 kilometres in length and has its source in Urnagold in the municipality of
Seewald in the Northern Black Forest and flows in an easterly direction past Nagold,
Calw and Liebenzell and joins the
Enz in
Pforzheim, near what is now the Parkhotel Pforzheim. Its main tributaries are the
Waldach, a right tributary of river which flows to the west of the town Nagold, the
Würm, a right tributary of river which flows south from Pforzheim, shortly before leaving the Black Forest, and the
Teinach, a left tributary which flows in Teinachtal. Until the early 20th century the Nagold was used for
timber rafting; ponds were created in the river for this purpose, e.g. near the village of
Erzgrube.