The Perlbach is a river in
Bavaria in the provinces of
Lower Bavaria and
Upper Palatinate, which drains into the
Regen west of Wiesing in the borough of
Roding in the Upper Palatine county of
Cham.
Name
On the Lower Bavarian side and up to Falkenstein the Perlbach is still called by its original name of Miethnach.
[Weinerius, Karte von Ober- und Niederbayern, 1579.]
That the name Miethnach is the older, is indicated by the name of the hamlet Mietnach am Perlbach (between
Marienstein
Marienstein is a village in the municipality of Waakirchen in the west Upper Bavarian district of Miesbach
Miesbach () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and is the capital of the Miesbach district. The district is at an altitude of 697 metres ...
and
Trasching
Roding () is a town in the district of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border.
First mayors since 1945
Sons and daughters of the town
* Louis Mary Fink OSB (1834-1904), Benedictine and Bishop of the Archbishopric of Kansas City ...
), west of the Zinzenberg.
Course
The ''Perlbach'' rises in the
Lower Bavarian county of
Straubing-Bogen south of
Zinzenzell
Zinzenzell is a village and a former municipality with about 350 inhabitants in Lower Bavaria, Germany. The village and most of the former municipality have been part of the municipality Wiesenfelden
Wiesenfelden is a municipality in the ...
between Geraszell and the Edenhof. It flows, roughly speaking, northwestwards; its upper course more or less constantly, while its lower course runs in a large, roughly semi-circular arc towards the southwest and back. Early on it enters the
Upper Palatine
The Upper Palatinate (german: Oberpfalz, , ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany, and is located in the east of Bavaria.
Geography
The Upper Palatinate is a landscape with low mountains and numerous ponds and lakes ...
county of
Cham, in which it remains until it reaches its mouth near Wiesing and empties into the
Regen.
Its larger tributaries are the left-hand ''Geißbach'' which joins it near Völling, the left-hand ''Urbachl'' near Au and the longest, last and right-hand ''Neudecker Bach'' just after
Trasching
Roding () is a town in the district of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border.
First mayors since 1945
Sons and daughters of the town
* Louis Mary Fink OSB (1834-1904), Benedictine and Bishop of the Archbishopric of Kansas City ...
.
References
[{{GeoQuelle, DE-BY, GV15, 11, ref=nein]
External links
Verlauf des Perlbachs auf dem BayernAtlas
Rivers of Bavaria
Straubing-Bogen
Cham (district)
Rivers of Germany