Salzbach (Lauter)
Salzbach salt |
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Salzbach near Salzwoog |
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Water code | DE : 23722 | |
location | Wasgau ( Palatinate Forest , Rhineland-Palatinate ) | |
River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Louder → Rhine → North Sea | |
source | as Kröppenbach (source creek of the Buchbach) on the Hohen Kopf 49 ° 7 ′ 17 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 32 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 460 m above sea level NN | |
muzzle | In Kaltenbach from the right into the Wieslauer coordinates: 49 ° 11 '59 " N , 7 ° 44' 51" E 49 ° 11 '59 " N , 7 ° 44' 51" E |
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Mouth height | 216 m above sea level NN | |
Height difference | approx. 244 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 14 ‰ | |
length | 17 km | |
Catchment area | 52.375 km² | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Salzwoog | |
Communities | Lemberg , Hinterweidenthal , Ruppertsweiler | |
Rock formations Salzwooger and Kaltenbacher Teufelstisch |
The Salzbach , first called Kröppenbach and then Buchbach , is around 17 km long and is the longest tributary of the Lauter , which is called Wieslauter here on the upper reaches . It flows in the northwestern Wasgau , a low mountain range that is formed by the southern part of the Palatinate Forest (state of Rhineland-Palatinate ) and the northern part of the Vosges ( Bas-Rhin and Moselle departments ).
course
Nominally, the Salzbach does not have its own source, because the 10 km long Kröppenbach / Buchbach, which is hydrologically considered to be the Salzbach source, and the Storrbach, which flows in from the right , come together to form the watercourse of this name between the villages of Langmühle and Salzwoog below the Salzwooger Teufelstisch . The Kröppenbach / Buchbach has its source at the Hohen Kopf (467 m), the 5 km long Storrbach at the Großer Spießkopf (414 m).
After the confluence, the Salzbach forms the boundary between Lemberg and Hinterweidenthal for the remaining 7 km of its course , then between Ruppertsweiler and Hinterweidenthal. In the hamlet of Salzwoog, it flows through the small reservoir of the same name . At the height of the hamlet of Kaltenbach, which belongs to Hinterweidenthal, and below the Kaltenbacher Teufelstisch , the Salzbach flows into the Wieslauter from the right.
Tributaries
- Kleiner Kröppenbach ( left ), 0.3 km
- Großer Kröppenbach ( left ), 1.6 km
- Ransbächel ( left ), 1.1 km
- Brunnentalbach ( left ), 1.3 km
- Schimmelbach ( left ), 1.0 km
- Katzenbach ( right ), 1.1 km
- Storrbach ( right ), 5.2 km
- Steinbach ( left )
- Lindelbach ( right ), 0.6 km
- Schiffelsbach ( left )
- Walmersbach ( left ), 1.6 km
- Kaltenbach ( left ), 1.4 km
history
The name of the creek does not refer to the salinity, but to the former customs station Salzwoog, where salt traders had to pay a tax when crossing the border between the territories of the Speyer Monastery and the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . The former border crossing at Salzwoog was on the bridge over the Salzbach, which today leads the state roads 487 (Hinterweidenthal– Fischbach ) and 486 (Lemberg– Dahn ) across the water.