Merzalbe

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Merzalbe
also Merzalb ; Upper course: Mühlgraben
Ritterstein 231 at the site of the lost Karlsmühle

Ritterstein 231 at the site of the lost Karlsmühle

Data
Water code DE : 2642644
location Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Southwest Palatinate district
River system Rhine
Drain over Rodalb  → Schwarzbach  → Blies  → Saar  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source east of Leimen in Christelbrunnen
49 ° 16 ′ 43 ″  N , 7 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height about  488  m above sea level NHN
muzzle At Münchweiler from the right into the Rodalb coordinates: 49 ° 14 '4 "  N , 7 ° 41' 30"  E 49 ° 14 '4 "  N , 7 ° 41' 30"  E
Mouth height about  264  m above sea level NHN
Height difference about 224 m
Bottom slope about 18 ‰
length 12.2 km
Catchment area 28.719 km²
Left tributaries Hertelsbach
Right tributaries Wählbach, Solchenbach
Communities Leimen , Merzalben , Münchweiler

The Merzalbe , also called Merzalb , is a 12 km long stream in the district of Südwestpfalz ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) and a right tributary of the Rodalb . In the upper reaches the brook is also called Mühlgraben .

Surname

The name "Merzalbe" means "Bach des Mericho" and is traced back to a Franconian settler who must have settled long before the first documented mention of the place of the same name on the brook long before 1237. In the certificate, Count Friedrich III. von Leiningen awarded the " Castrum Grebinstein " with the villages " Merichisalbin ", " Rothalbin " and " Eiswilre ".

course

The Merzalbe rises in the middle of the Palatinate Forest in the central part of the Frankenweide mountain range west of the Palatinate main watershed on the line connecting the Weißenberg and the Eschkopf at a height of almost 500  m . The source is contained in the Christel fountain . On its way to the southwest, the Merzalbe flows through the valley below the local community of Leimen and then through Merzalben . After 12 km run leads them in Riegelbrunnerhof , too Münchweiler belonging hamlet , from the right in the Rodalb. The water of the Merzalbe finally reaches the Rhine via Schwarzbach , Blies , Saar and Mosel .

Attractions

  • The 80 by 60 meter large Gräfenstein Castle above the Merzalbtal is considered to be one of the best preserved and most impressive castles that the Staufers built in the Palatinate . Its heptagonal keep is unique because of this basic shape.
  • The German Shoe Road , which is part of the German-French tourist route , runs parallel to the Merzalbtal through Merzalben and Leimen .
  • At the location of the lost Karlsmühle below Leimen, on the right bank of the Merzalbe, is the knight's stone No. 231.
  • Of the listed buildings in Merzalben, a stately hipped roof building, the old forester's house on the left bank of the Merzalbe, deserves special mention.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )