The Rodalb, also called the Rodalbe, is a stream, just under long, in

West Palatinate Western Palatinate or West Palatinate (german: Westpfalz) is a sub-region in the west of the Palatinate, a German cultural and historic region in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It includes the western part of the Palatine Forest, the central ...

in the German state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

. It is an

orographic Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains, and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region's elevated terrain. Orography (also known as ''oreography'', ''orology'' or ''oreology'') falls within the broader discipl ...

ally left tributary of the Schwarzbach.

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The Rodalb rises in the southwestern Palatinate Forest, south of the town of

Pirmasens Pirmasens (; pfl, Bärmesens (also ''Bermesens'' or ''Bärmasens'')) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It was famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called ''Lan ...

near the hamlet of at a height of about 380 metres above sea level. To begin with it flows northeast, passing the villages of

Lemberg Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is o ...

and

Ruppertsweiler Ruppertsweiler is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany and belongs to the municipal association Pirmasens-Land Pirmasens-Land is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Südwestpfalz ...

. It then swings north, accompanies the B 10 federal highway, 2 kilometres away, and flows through Münchweiler. At Riegelbrunnerhof (a district of Münchweiler), it picks up the waters of the

Merzalbe The Merzalbe, also called the Merzalb, is a stream, over long, in the Western Palatinate in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is an orographically right tributary of the Rodalb. In its upper reaches it is also called Mühlgraben. Cou ...

, its largest tributary, from the right and changes direction once again to head northwest, passing through the little town of

Rodalben Rodalben () is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest, approx. 5 km northeast of Pirmasens. Rodalben is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective munic ...

. Near the hamlet of it discharges into the Schwarzbach from the left.

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Lemberg Castle Lemberg Castle (german: Burg Lemberg) is a medieval castle on the territory of Lemberg in the county of Südwestpfalz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Location The hill castle stands on the ''Schlossberg'' hill at an elevation of 4 ...

, built around 1200, in ruins since 1689 * Rodalben Rock Trail with a length - depending on the source – of 43 or 45 km * ''Bärenhöhle'', "Bear Cave", the largest natural rock cave in the

Palatinate region The Palatinate (german: Pfalz; Palatine German: ''Palz'') is a region of Germany. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz'') and Lower Palatinate (''Unterpfalz''), which strictly speaking designated only the wes ...

* ''Bruderfelsen'' rocks, symbol of the town of Rodalben{{cite web , author=Rodalber Felsenwanderweg , title=Bruderfelsen , url=http://www.felsenwanderweg.rodalben.de/felsen_bruderfelsen.html , access-date=2010-11-05 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201052618/http://www.felsenwanderweg.rodalben.de/felsen_bruderfelsen.html , archivedate=2010-12-01

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Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate Rivers and lakes of the Palatinate Forest Rivers of Germany

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