The Michelsbach is a tributary of the Rhine in the

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region of South Palatinate. The Michelsbach's nominal start is the confluence of the Erlenbach and

Otterbach Otterbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Otterbach was the seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Otterbach, which merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Ot ...

Leimersheim Leimersheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History In the early 18th century, there were two Jewish families living in Leimersheim, and by the early 19th century, there were ten families. By 1 ...

, but the Otterbach is officially not counted within its catchment area, but seen as a tributary of the Rhine. On the other hand, the

Klingbach The Klingbach is a stream, just under long, in South Palatinate, Germany, and a left-hand tributary of the Michelsbach. Geography Course The main source of the Klingbach is located in the southern Palatine Forest, the German part of the ...

which joins it from the north and is roughly equally in volume (and also the Erlenbach) is counted as a tributary of the Michelsbach.{{GeoQuelle, DE-RP, WW The Michelsbach flows from Leimersheim northwards and empties into the

Sondernheim Germersheim () is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, of around 20,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of the Germersheim district. The neighboring towns and cities are Speyer, Landau, Philippsburg, Karlsruhe and Wörth. Coat ...

Old Rhine (''Sondernheimer Altrhein''). In doing so it passes through the municipalities of

and

Hördt Hördt is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Personalities *Jakob Baumann (1862-1922), cathedral vicar in Speyer, author, long-standing editor of the diocese newspaper "Der Pilger" * Franz Hambur ...

as well as the Hördter Rheinaue nature reserve. The Michelsbach is an outstanding river for

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, both for ordinary canoes as well as

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s. However, the stream has several forks as it makes its way northwards, some of which are dead ends.

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Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate South Palatinate Rivers of Germany

See also

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