The Reisbach is a left bank tributary of the

Wieslauter The Lauter (in its upper course also: ''Wieslauter'') is a river in Germany and France. The Lauter is a left tributary of the Rhine. Its length is , of which 39 km is in France and on the France–Germany border. It is formed by the confluence of ...

in the eastern

Wasgau The Wasgau (german: Wasgau, french: Vasgovie) is a Franco-German hill range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle. It is formed from the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the north ...

, the southern part of the Palatine Forest in Germany and northern part of the Vosges in France.

Course

The Reisbach rises in the vicinity of the hamlet of near

Böllenborn Böllenborn is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in E ...

and flows in a southerly direction. After just under 2 kilometres it forms the municipal boundary between

Schweigen-Rechtenbach Schweigen-Rechtenbach is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Geography Schweigen-Rechtenbach is located at the southern end, marked by the imposing Deutsches Weintor, of the German Wine Rou ...

and Bobenthal, before it empties into the ''Wieslauter'' shortly before in the municipality of Bobenthal.

References

Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate Rivers and lakes of the Palatinate Forest Südwestpfalz South Palatinate Rivers of Germany {{RhinelandPalatinate-river-stub

Course

See also

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