Reference no. DE: 27174 River system Rhine | ||
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Main source South-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert397 m above sea level (NHN) River mouth Near Rheineck Castle between Bad Breisig and Brohl-Lützing into the Rhine64 m above sea level (NHN) | ||
The Vinxtbach is a stream, a good 19 km long, which rises south-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert and which discharges into the River Rhine near Rheineck Castle between Bad Breisig and Brohl-Lützing.
Map of Vinxtbach, Germany
The name Vinxt is derived from the Latin term finis, which means "border". Today the Vinxtbach forms a dialect boundary, "Vinxtbach line" (Vinxtbachlinie). North of the Vinxtbach the Ripuarian dialects are spoken, south of it, the Moselle Franconian dialects.
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