The Wellbach is a stream in the
Palatine Forest in Germany. It rises near
Eschkopf
The Eschkopf near Hofstätten in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Südwestpfalz county) is a major hill, high in the Palatine Forest.
Location
The Eschkopf is part of the Frankenweide, a rock massif in the centre of the Palatine ...
and flows towards the south. In doing so, it passes the eastern edge of Hofstätten (Pfalz) in the municipality of
Wilgartswiesen
Wilgartswiesen is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Geography
The municipality lies in the southern part of the Palatine Forest, the German part of the Wasgau, in the middle of the Palatine Fo ...
. It then flows under the
B 10 federal highway before discharging into the
Queich
The Queich is a tributary of the Rhine, which rises in the southern part of the Palatinate Forest, and flows through the Upper Rhine valley to its confluence with the Rhine in Germersheim. It is long and is one of the four major drainage system ...
, as its largest tributary.
The
B 48 follows the stream for its entire length.
In its upper reaches, the Wellbach forms a municipal boundary, in places, of the town of
Landau
Landau ( pfl, Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990 ...
, which owns extensive areas of woodland in the Palatine Forest.
See also
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List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
A list of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany:
A
* Aar
* Adenauer Bach
*Ahr
* Alf
* Alfbach
*Appelbach
*Asdorf
* Aubach
B
* Birzenbach
*Blattbach
* Breitenbach
* Brexbach
* Brohlbach, tributary of the Moselle
* Brohlbach, tributary of the R ...
References
Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rivers and lakes of the Palatinate Forest
Südwestpfalz
Rivers of Germany
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