Harmersbach (below its confluence with the ''Nordrach'': ''Erlenbach'') 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 passes through

Zell am Harmersbach Zell am Harmersbach is a small town and a historic “Reichsstadt” in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the Ortenaukreis, between the Black Forest and the Rhine. History Zell was settled on territory owned by Gengenbach Abbey. The monaste ...

, and flows into the Kinzig in Biberach. Until 1806, the Harmersbach valley held the unique distinction of being the only ''Reichstal'' of the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a Polity, political entity in Western Europe, Western, Central Europe, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution i ...

, a free peasant republic immediate to the Emperor.

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Rivers of Baden-Württemberg Rivers of the Black Forest Rivers of Germany {{BadenWürttemberg-river-stub

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