Location Miltenberg (Bavaria) River system Rhine | Reference no. DE: 24724 Country Germany | |
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Main source Source: Confluence of the Marsbach and Morre
160 m above sea level (NN) at the confluence River mouth in Amorbach into the Mud
153 m above sea level (NN) Progression Mud → Main → Rhine → North Sea | ||
The Billbach is a right-hand tributary of the Mud in Bavaria's Odenwald forest. It begins at the confluence of the Marsbach and Morre west of Schneeberg. Both headstreams rise in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
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Map of Billbach, Germany
Marsbach
The Marsbach or Morsbach rises southeast of Walldürn in the vicinity of the historic Roman thermae. It flows in a northwesterly direction through Walldürn parallel to the B 47 to Rippberg, where it collects the Eiderbach. The Marsbach then crosses the state border into Bavaria. It is the 16.4 kilometres long and thus the shorter and small headstream.
Morre
The 22-kilometre-long Morre, also called the Saubach in its Bavarian lower reaches, has its source on the edge of the village of Hettingen. It runs westwards through the borough of Buchen, bends towards the northwest and collects the Hollerbach. The Morre flows through Hettigenbeuern into Bavaria and reaches Zittenfelden. West of Schneeberg it the Morre unites with the Marsbach to form the Billbach.
Course
After the confluence of its headstreams, the Billbach crosses under the B 47 and flows through Amorbach. At the northwestern edge of the town it empties into the roughly 17-kilometre-long Mud at the start of the B 469.