Pfrimm
| Pfrimm | |
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The Pfrimm in Worms
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| Country | Germany |
| Location | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Southeast of Sippersfeld in the Protected Area Sippersfelder Weiher 300 m (980 ft) 49°32′25″N 7°57′25″E / 49.54028°N 7.95694°E |
| River mouth | Confluence with Rhine in Worms, 89 m (292 ft) 49°39′38.9″N 8°21′57.3″E / 49.660806°N 8.365917°ECoordinates: 49°39′38.9″N 8°21′57.3″E / 49.660806°N 8.365917°E |
| Length | 42.7 km (26.5 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rhine → North Sea |
| River system | Rhine |
| Basin size | 246.383 km2 (95.129 sq mi) |
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The Pfrimm is a 42.7-kilometre (26.5 mi) long, left or western tributary of the Rhine in the Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany).
The Pfrimm rises in the southern part of the Donnersbergkreis. Its spring lies in the northern part of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) southeast of the municipality Sippersfeld in the protected area Sippersfelder Weiher, which contains several ponds in the Hinterwald area. The spring is in a valley surrounded by the hills Sperberhöhe (329 m above sea level (NN)) in the east, Salweidenkopf (354 m above NN) in the south and Schnepfberg (361 m above NN) in the southwest. In 1927, the spring was encased in basalt stones. About 10 metres (33 ft) north of the spring, the Pfrimm river flows through a pond named Pfrimmweiher and subsequently through a pond named Sippersfelder Weiher. It does not flow thought the nearby pond Retzbergweiher, which lies nearby to the west.
The Pfrimm flows primarily through agricultural areas, and mostly about parallel to the federal road B47. The upper part of the river drains the northern parts of the North Palatine Uplands. Below the Sippersfelder Weiher, it flows to the north, past Pfrimmerhof, which belongs to the municipality of Sippersfeld, then west past the hill Pfrimmer Berg and through the village of Breunigweiler, where the Mohbach joins from the southeast.
After entering the Alzey hills, the Pfrimm takes up the Bornbach and then flows northeastward past Standenbühl, while the Donnersberg mountains are a few kilometers further northeast. Between Standenbühl and Dreisen, the Münsterhof, the former Premonstratensian abbey Münsterdreisen, is situated on the Pfrimm's southern shore. An old bulging sandstone bridge from 1770 spans the river at this point. Below Dreisen, the Häferbach joins from the west. In Marnheim, the Gerbach joins, also from the west; at this point the Pfrimm Valley Viaduct used to span the river, until it was demolished in 1945. From here, the Pfrimm flows past Albisheim, then the Leiselsbach joins from the northwest. It then flows east to Harxheim, where the Ammelbach joins from the south.
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