State Rhineland-Palatinate River system Rhine Source Speyerbach Country Germany | Progression Rhine → North Sea Length 29 km Mouth Rhine | |
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Main source Left distributary of the Speyerbach in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
130 m (430 ft) River mouth Into the Rhine, between Altrincham and Ludwigshafen Basin size 149.894 km (57.874 sq mi) | ||
The Rehbach is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is about 29 kilometres (18 mi) long and is a left tributary of the Rhine.
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Map of Rehbach, Germany
HistoryEdit
The Rehbach does not have a source. The Speyerbach splits on the Winzinger Wassergescheid in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, with about 1/3 of the water going left and forming the 'Rehbach and the other 2/3 going right and continuing as Speyerbach. After leaving the district of Neustadt, Rehbach flows through the western part of the Upper Rhine Valley, initially in an easterly direction, later more northeast. It touches the municipalities of Haßloch, Böhl-Iggelheim, Schifferstadt, Limburgerhof and Neuhofen. Between Altrincham and Ludwigshafen, it flows into the Upper Rhine from the left.
TributariesEdit
The main tributaries of the left Rehbach are Mußbach, which flows into the Rehbach between Haßloch and the Mußbach district of Neustadt, and the Steinbach, which flows into the Rehbach above Schifferstadt. The strongest right tributary is the Ranschgraben. Like the Rehbach itself, this is a dsitributary of the Speyerbach. It splits off from Speyerbach just north of Speyerdorf and flows into Rehbach East of Limburgerhof-Rehhütte, after crossing below Rehbach a few hundred meters before at Limburgerhof-Kohlhof.
HistoryEdit
In the Middle Ages, the water of the Rehbach was already diverted from Speyerbach in the village of Winzingen, which is now a district of Neustadt. In the area of Haßloch and Böhl-Iggelheim, it was split into two parallel arms for about 8 kilometres (5 mi). They provided the water for the local drive watermills and sawmills. On the southern arm, the actual Rehbach, three mills have been preserved. Below Böhl-Iggelheim, the Steinbach flows into the Rehbach, as does the water from the Niederwiesenweiher, a 10-hectare (25-acre) re-naturalized gravel pit.
Since 1981, large parts of the Speyerbach and Rehbach between Neustadt and Speyer, that were not used for industrial purposes, form the nature conservations area Rehbach-Speyerbach