Quintbach
| Quintbach | ||
 Kaiserhammerweiher on the Quintbach |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 26712 | |
| location | Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Moselle → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | Southeast of Zemmer 49 ° 53 ′ 2 ″ N , 6 ° 42 ′ 54 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 376 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | In Trier-Quint in the Moselle Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 19 ″ N , 6 ° 42 ′ 42 ″ E 49 ° 49 ′ 19 ″ N , 6 ° 42 ′ 42 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 123 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | approx. 253 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 27 ‰ | |
| length | 9.5 km | |
| Catchment area | 18.816 km² | |
| Flowing lakes | Wolfkauler Weiher, Kaiserhammerweiher | |
The Quintbach is a left tributary of the Moselle and flows into Trier-Quint . It has a length of 9.5 km and a catchment area of 18.8 km². It feeds the Wolfkauler Weiher and the Kaiserhammerweiher. Almost along its entire length, the Quintbach forms the western boundary of the town of Schweich .
In 1023 the Quintbach was the border of the great Kyllwald , which Emperor Heinrich II gave to the Archbishop of Trier as a forest .
A grinding mill on the Quintbach was owned by the Himmerod monastery . In 1309, Elector Baldwin allowed the war-torn property to be rebuilt.
In 1327 two mills on the Quintbach are mentioned in a document.
In 1683 Franz Pidoll built the Quint ironworks . He was ennobled in 1714 with the addition of "zu Quintbach".
Quinter Castle is located on the Quintbach .
Backwaters
A right tributary of the Quintbach is the 2 km long Floßbach with the Rodter Bach (0.25 km). Left tributaries are the brook on the Tangert (length 0.93 km), the Meilenborn (length 1.08 km) and the Tiefenbach (length 1.53 km) with the Herkulesbrunnenbach (length 0.41 km).
