Moosbach (Lauter)
| Moosbach | |
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A Ritterstein by the source of the Moosbach
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| Location |
Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
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| Reference no. | DE: 23726 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | in the Dahner Felsenland southwest of the Kaletschkopf 289 m above sea level (NN) 49°07′51″N 7°42′52″E / 49.130708°N 7.714385°ECoordinates: 49°07′51″N 7°42′52″E / 49.130708°N 7.714385°E |
| River mouth | northwest of Dahn into the Wieslauter 206 m above sea level (NN) 49°09′56″N 7°45′22″E / 49.165575°N 7.756174°E |
| Length | 6.60 km |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lauter → Rhine → North Sea |
| River system | Rhine |
| Basin size | 13.605 km² |
The Moosbach is a stream, approximately 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) long, in the South Palatine part of the Wasgau region in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a right tributary of the Lauter, whose upper reaches are known as the Wieslauter.
The Moosbach rises at a height of 289 m above NN in the central Wasgau in the region known as the Dahner Felsenland, southwest of the Kaletschkopf hill (453.1 m above NN) in a woodland within the Moosbachtal Nature reserve. Its source is a spring called the Moosbrunnen. It initially presses northwards through a narrow, wooded valley between the Red Rock (Roten Felsen) on the left and the Kaletschkopf on the right. At the Moosbach-Halde it changes direction to run northeast and then fills a small pond south of the Moosbachhütte hut and shortly thereafter the rather larger and very scenic pond of Kranzwoog. Very gradually it turns towards the east. It runs along the southern slopes of the Lehmberg (386.2 m above NN). South of the Wolfdell it passes through two more small ponds in succession and its then fed from the right by the Seibertsbach stream coming from the south. About 300 metres downstream the Moosbach bends to the left and now flows in a northerly direction west of the Mehrsberg (328.2 m above NN). Shortly afterwards it passes through the Neudahner Weiher, which lies on the southeastern slopes of the Sägköpfchen (317.9 m above NN). To the east, not far from this lake, rises Neudahn Castle. The Moosbach empties from the right into the Wieslauter at a height of 206 m above NN.
The nature reserve of Moosbachtal ist 111 hectares in area. Its calcareous grassland, wet meadows, intermediate bogs, dystrophic ponds with siltation zones, springs, streams, bushes and woods offer a multitude of species their own habitat, so that it forms one of the most important reserves in Südwestpfalz.
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