Modenbach
| Modenbach | |
|---|---|
| Location | Palatine Forest and Anterior Palatinate (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) |
| Reference no. | DE: 23788 |
| Basin features | |
| Main source | North of Ramberg on the eastern flank of the Hermeskopf ca. 438 m above sea level (NN) 49°17′29″N 8°00′37″E / 49.2913944°N 8.0102361°ECoordinates: 49°17′29″N 8°00′37″E / 49.2913944°N 8.0102361°E |
| River mouth | In Hanhofen into the Speyerbach ca. 107 m above sea level (NN) 49°18′28″N 8°21′06″E / 49.3078778°N 8.3515944°E |
| Progression | Speyerbach → Rhine → North Sea |
| River system | Rhine |
| Basin size | 84.132 km² |
| Landmarks | Villages: Flemlingen (only Buschmühle), Hainfeld, Edesheim, Großfischlingen, Freimersheim, Freisbach, Hanhofen |
| Tributaries |
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| Waterbodies | Reservoirs: Weir by the Buschmühle mill, Edesheim Castle pond |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 29.83 km |
The Modenbach is a stream, just under 30 kilometres long, and a right-hand tributary of the Speyerbach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Modenbach rises in the Palatine Forest east of the Palatine Watershed at a height of about 460 m. Its source lies a kilometre south of the forester's lodge, Forsthaus Heldenstein, on a saddle between the Steigerkopf (613.6 m) to the east and the Pfaffenkopf (566 m) to the west.
Initially heading in a southeasterly direction, but subsequently turning eastwards, the Modenbach flows through the valley named after it towards the gently rolling vineyard country by the German Wine Route. It reaches them above the village of Hainfeld, after having broken through the rim of the low mountain range between the Teufelsberg (right; 597.6 m) and the Blättersberg (left; 613.2 m). Below Hainfeld it turns northeast and, passing Edesheim, the stream leaves the hill country and flows through the western part of the Upper Rhine Plain. Three kilometres below Freisbach it is joined from the right by its largest tributary, the Bruchbach.
After another 5½ kilometres the Modenbach discharges from the right into the Speyerbach on the southeastern edge of the municipality of Hanhofen.
In Edesheim the Modenbach is crossed by the B 38 federal highway and the Palatine Maximilian Railway, both of which run from Landau to Neustadt. One kilometre to the east the A 65 motorway, from Karlsruhe to Ludwigshafen, crosses the stream. On Sundays, the no. 506 railway service runs through the valley, starting at Edenkoben station.
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