Spiegelbach
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File:Abzweig Queich -Spiegelbach.JPG
Spiegelbach splits away from Quiech north of Ottersheim
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Origin | Weir splitting Spiegelbach off of Queich, north of Ottersheim Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Mouth | Confluence with Rhine, southwest of Sondernheim, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Progression | Rhine → North Sea |
Basin countries | Germany |
Location | Southern Palatinate |
Length | 9.2 km (5.7 mi) |
Source elevation | 122 m (400 ft) |
Mouth elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
Basin area | 54.592 km2 (21.078 sq mi) |
River system | Rhine |
The Spiegelbach is a river in the southern Palatinate. It arises as a diversion of the Queich, which rises in the Palatinate forest, and thus has no separate source. It flows into the Rhine at Sondernheim.
After a devastating flood in 1745, in which the mills on the Altbach and Brühlgraben were flooded, it was decided to create a diversion from the Queich towards Bellheim, in order to provide the newly built mills with a steady supply of water. From the weir on the boundary of the districts Ottersheim and Knittelsheim, the Spiegelbach flows 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) before reaching the Old Rhine at Sondernheim.
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