{{Infobox river , name = Dernbach , map = , map_size = , map_caption = , image = 2012 Pfälzerwald 392 Dernbachtal.JPG , image_size = , image_caption = The Dernbach valley , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 =

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, subdivision_type2 = State , subdivision_name2 =

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

, subdivision_type3 = Reference no. , subdivision_name3 = DE: 2377268 , length = 7.46 km , width_avg = , depth_avg = , source1_location = Near Ramberg , source1_coordinates = {{Coord, 49.28333, 7.99139, type:river_region:DE-RP, format=dms, display=inline,title , source1_elevation = ca. {{Höhe, 364, DE-NN, link=true 1:25,000 map series , mouth_location = Confluence: with the

Eußerbach The Eußerbach forms the right, northwestern headstream, over 11 kilometres long, of the Eisbach river in the county of Südliche Weinstraße, in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Sights Abbey Church (''Klosterkirche'') – T ...

into the Eisbach , mouth_coordinates = {{Coord, 49.23000, 7.99806, type:river_region:DE-RP, format=dms, display=inline , mouth_elevation = ca. {{Höhe, 174, DE-NN, link=true , basin_population = , basin_landmarks = {{ubl, Small towns:

Annweiler am Trifels Annweiler am Trifels (), or Annweiler is a town in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Queich, 12 km west of Landau. Annweiler am Trifels station is on the Landau– Saarbrück ...

, Villages: Ramberg, Dernbach , progression = Eisbach→ {{RQueich , basin_size = 14.813 km² Wasserwirtschaftverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz
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Südliche Weinstraße Südliche Weinstraße ( pfl, Siedlischi Woischdrooß; en, "Southern Wine Route") is a district (''Kreis'') in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Südwestpfalz, Bad Dürkheim, the district-f ...

in the German state of

. It is 7.46 kilometres long and forms the left-hand, northern headstream of the Eisbach.

Course

The southern part of the Dernbach runs through the central Palatine Forest. Its source is located on the eastern slopes of the Langentalkopf, the summit of which is 526 m above sea level. From its origin, the Dernbach flows in a mainly southerly direction and picks up the waters of several other small streams as well as the Waltersbach, which is just several hundred metres long and joins it from the north, before reaching the village of Ramberg. In the village itself the Ohlsbach empties into it from the east. Next, the Dernbach flows through its eponymous village where, at the northern edge of the settlement, it is joined by the Leinbach coming from the east. Below the Vogelstockerhof farm, in the parish of

, the Dernbach merges with the

, which arrives from the right coming from the northwest, to form the Eisbach, a feeder of the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

tributary, the

Queich The Queich is a tributary of the Rhine, which rises in the southern part of the Palatinate Forest, and flows through the Upper Rhine valley to its confluence with the Rhine in Germersheim. It is long and is one of the four major drainage system ...

Sights

In the forests around the Dernbach valley lie the ruins of three castles: Meistersel, Neuscharfeneck and Ramburg; and on the other side of the Modenbach valley are the ruins of a fourth: Frankenfelsen.

References

Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate Südliche Weinstraße Rivers and lakes of the Palatinate Forest Rivers of Germany