Spiegelbach
Appearance
Spiegelbach | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Weir splitting Spiegelbach off of Queich, north of Ottersheim |
• elevation | 122 m (400 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with Rhine, southwest of Sondernheim, |
• elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
Length | 9.2 km (5.7 mi) |
Basin size | 54.592 km2 (21.078 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rhine → North Sea |
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.