Erlenbach (Michelsbach)

Erlenbach
Course of the Erlenbach (centre)
Location Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Reference no. DE: 237542
Length 34.2 km
Source In Birkenhördt
49°06′56″N 7°55′57″E / 49.11556°N 7.93250°ECoordinates: 49°06′56″N 7°55′57″E / 49.11556°N 7.93250°E
Source height roughly 250 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth Near Leimersheim into the Michelsbach
49°07′36″N 8°20′35″E / 49.126528°N 8.34306°E
Mouth height roughly 98 m above sea level (NN)
Descent ca. 152 m
Basin Rhine
Progression Michelsbach Rhine North Sea
Catchment 109.127 km²
Small towns Bad Bergzabern, Kandel

The Erlenbach is a 34.2 km long, left tributary of the Michelsbach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Course

The Erlenbach rises in the South Palatine Wasgau region, the southern part of the Palatine Forest, in the municipality of Birkenhördt. It flows eastwards and leaves the Palatine Forest near Bad Bergzabern, where it breaks through the Forest's its eastern perimeter, the Haardt. Next it flows through Kapellen-Drusweiler, Oberhausen, Barbelroth and Winden, before forming the boundary between Kandel and Erlenbach, then Hatzenbühl. After it passes Rheinzabern and Neupotz, it unites in Leimersheim with the Otterbach, coming from the right, to empty into the Michelsbach.

The Michelsbach consists of several former Old Rhine loops and discharges into the Rhine itself at Sondernheim after running parallel to the Rhine for 10 km.

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