The Mehrbach is a river, long, and a tributary of the
Wied.
Its
GKZ is 27164, its
catchment has an area of .
Course
The Mehrbach rises in the north of the
Westerwald, north of
Werkhausen, in the vicinity of the border between
Rhineland-Palatinate and
North Rhine-Westphalia, and flows in a southerly direction. On its way to the
Wied it initially crosses the territories of Werkhausen,
Hasselbach and
Forstmehren
Forstmehren is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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. It then forms the boundary between the parishes of
Ersfeld
Ersfeld is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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and
Kraam and flows through the village of
Mehren in a southerly direction. South of
Hirz-Maulsbach
Hirz-Maulsbach is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany
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to its confluence, the Mehrbach forms the boundary between the districts of
Neuwied on the right and
Altenkirchen on the left, apart from a break near . In Neuwied the Mehrbach flows through the municipality of
Asbach with its parishes and hamlets of , , , , and {{ill, Ehrenstein (Asbach), lt=Ehrenstein, de; in the district of Altenkirchen it passes through the municipalities of
Kescheid and
Rott
Rott may refer to:
Places
* Rott (Ammersee), a tributary of the Ammersee, in Bavaria, Germany
* Rott (Inn, Neuhaus am Inn), a tributary of the Inn at Neuhaus am Inn, in eastern Bavaria, Germany
* Rott (Inn, Rott am Inn) a tributary of the Inn at ...
.
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Its left hand tributaries are (from the source) the Werkhausener Bach, the Weyerbuscher Bach and the Ahlbach. Its right bank tributaries are the streams of Retterserbach (called the ''Scherenbach'' near its source and also called the ''Peschbach'' near Ersfeld), Friesbach, Maulsbach, Hirzbach and Krumbach.Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park
The Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park (german: Naturpark Rhein-Westerwald) is a nature park in Germany that covers an area of around 470 km2 to the east of the River Rhine and in the north of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate between Neuwied a ...
.
See also
* List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
References
Rivers of the Westerwald
Neuwied (district)
Altenkirchen (district)
Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rivers of Germany