Spiegelbach (Rhine)
| Spiegelbach | ||
 Partition weir |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 237548 | |
| location | Southern Palatinate , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Rhine → North Sea | |
| origin | Tee off to the right of the Queich north of Ottersheim 49 ° 12 ′ 33 ″ N , 8 ° 14 ′ 13 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 122 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | Southwest of Sondernheim from the left in the Altrhein coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 6 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 44 ″ E 49 ° 11 ′ 6 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 44 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 100 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 22 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 2.4 ‰ | |
| length | 9.2 km | |
| Catchment area | 54.592 km² | |
The Spiegelbach is a brook in the southern Palatinate ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). It arises as a right derivative from the Queich , which rises in the Palatinate Forest , and thus has no source of its own. It flows into the Sondernheimer Altrhein , the former left branch of the Rhine , now called Michelsbach .
After a devastating flood in 1745, in which the old mills supplied by the Brühlgraben and Altbach brooks were flooded, it was decided to lead a drain from the Queich to Bellheim in order to supply the new mills with water evenly.
From the dividing weir on the border between Ottersheim and Knittelsheim , the Spiegelbach flows for 9.2 km until it flows into the Sondernheimer Altrhein.