Heimbach is a river of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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. It flows into the Glatt near

Dornhan Dornhan is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 14 km southeast of Freudenstadt. Geography Position Dornhan is situated on a plateau in the Black Forest foothil ...

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The ''Heimbach'' has its source southwest of the

Schramberg Schramberg is a town in the Rottweil (district), district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 25 km northwest of Rottweil. With all of its districts (Talstadt, Sulgen, Waldmössingen, Heili ...

district Waldmössingen in the district of Rottweil and then flows in a largely northern direction through the community

Fluorn-Winzeln Fluorn-Winzeln is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Geography Geographical location Fluorn-Winzeln is located on the eastern edge of the Black Forest on the Neckar Valley, about six kilometers west of ...

, past the

Alpirsbach Alpirsbach () is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest on the Kinzig (Rhine), Kinzig river, south of Freudenstadt. Because of the local brewery “Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu“ ...

district Römlinsdorf and the

district Busenweiler. Afterwards it crosses the area of the Lossburg community. After the district Wälde the small river changes its direction of flow towards the east towards the Glatt. It now flows in an arc around the district Sterneck through a wooded valley, feeds a small dam below Sterneck, which is somewhat hidden in the woods, and then flows into the Glatt in the Dornhan district

Leinstetten Dornhan is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 14 km southeast of Freudenstadt. Geography Position Dornhan is situated on a plateau in the Black Forest foothil ...

Catchment area

The Heimbach drains 77.4 km² on the eastern edge of the Black Forest in a north-north-eastern direction to the

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Schwenn ...

tributary Glatt, which flows almost in the opposite direction. The catchment areas of the following rivers border in turn: * in the north that of the short

Lauter Lauter may refer to: People * Lauter (surname) Places *Lauter, Saxony, town in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany * Lauter, Bavaria, village in the district of Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany Rivers * Lauter (Baunach), tributary to th ...

to the upstream Glatt * in the east only that of the likewise short Zitzmannsbrunnenbach, further to the south that of the Neckar * in the south the Eschach drains into the Neckar far above the Glatt * in the west the upper Kinzig runs in front of its large arch almost contrary to the direction of the Heimbach.

Tributaries

from Source to mouth: * unknown creek, (''left''), 1,29 km * Schlierbach, (''right''), 1,48 km * Tannbach (!), (''left''), 4,03 km * Staffelbach, (''left''), 4,41 km * Tannbach (!), (''left''), 2,18 km * Grüblesquellenbach (''left''), 1,52 km * Obelsbach, (''left''), 4,81 km * Rossbach, (''left''), 1,98 km * Leinbach, (''left''), 1,49 km * Fuchsbach,(''lleft''), 1,91 km * Türnenbach,(''right''), 2,96 km * Wühlsbach, (''left'') 4,97 km

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{{Reflist Rivers of Baden-Württemberg Rivers of Germany

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