The Billbach is a right-hand tributary of the
Mud
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in
Bavaria's
Odenwald
The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Location
The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section ...
forest. It begins at the confluence of the
Marsbach and
Morre
Morre () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Morre lies east of Besançon on the road to Pontarlier and Switzerland.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs departm ...
west of
Schneeberg. Both headstreams rise in the state of
Baden-Württemberg.
Geography
Headstreams
Marsbach
The ''Marsbach'' or ''Morsbach'' rises southeast of
Walldürn in the vicinity of the historic Roman ''
thermae''. It flows in a northwesterly direction through Walldürn parallel to the
B 47 to
Rippberg, where it collects the ''Eiderbach''. The Marsbach then crosses the state border into Bavaria. It is the 16.4 kilometres long and thus the shorter and small headstream.
Morre
The 22-kilometre-long ''Morre'', also called the ''Saubach'' in its Bavarian lower reaches, has its source on the edge of the village of
Hettingen
Hettingen is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km north of Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-WÃ ...
. It runs westwards through the borough of
Buchen, bends towards the northwest and collects the ''Hollerbach''. The Morre flows through
Hettigenbeuern into Bavaria and reaches ''Zittenfelden''. West of
Schneeberg it the Morre unites with the Marsbach to form the Billbach.
Course
After the confluence of its headstreams, the ''Billbach'' crosses under the
B 47 and flows through
Amorbach
Amorbach () is a town in the Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany, with some 4,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the small river Mud, in the northeastern part of the Odenwald ...
. At the northwestern edge of the town it empties into the 25-kilometre-long
Mud
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at the start of the
B 469.
External links
Widening of the Billbach{dead link, date=November 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
References
Rivers of Bavaria
Miltenberg (district)
Odenwald
Tributaries of the Mud
Rivers of Germany