Vinxtbach
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| The mouth of the Vinxtbach | |
| Location | Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
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| Reference no. | DE: 27174 |
| Length | 19.11 km [1] |
| Source | South-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert 50°28′57″N 7°07′09″E / 50.482378°N 7.119249°ECoordinates: 50°28′57″N 7°07′09″E / 50.482378°N 7.119249°E |
| Source height | 397 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Mouth | Near Rheineck Castle between Bad Breisig and Brohl-Lützing into the Rhine 50°30′05″N 7°18′42″E / 50.501278°N 7.311694°E |
| Mouth height | 64 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Descent | 333 m |
| Basin | Rhine |
| Progression | Rhine → North Sea |
| Catchment | 45.472 km² [1] |
The Vinxtbach is a stream, a good 19 km long, which rises south-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert and which discharges into the River Rhine near Rheineck Castle between Bad Breisig and Brohl-Lützing.
The name Vinxt is derived from the Latin term finis, which means "border". Today the Vinxtbach forms a dialect boundary, "Vinxtbach line" (Vinxtbachlinie). North of the Vinxtbach the Ripuarian dialects are spoken, south of it, the Moselle Franconian dialects.
References
- 1 2 Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
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