River Queich
| Queich | |
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 Queich in Annweiler
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| Country | Germany |
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| Region | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Birnbach, Spiegelbach |
| - right | Wellbach, Eisbach, Fuchsbach |
| Cities | Hauenstein, Annweiler am Trifels, Siebeldingen, Landau, Offenbach an der Queich |
| Source | Palatinate Forest |
| - location | Hauenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| - elevation | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
| - coordinates | 49°10′6″N 7°50′48″E / 49.16833°N 7.84667°E |
| Mouth | Confluence with Rhine |
| - location | Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| - elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| - coordinates | 49°13′39″N 8°23′4″E / 49.22750°N 8.38444°ECoordinates: 49°13′39″N 8°23′4″E / 49.22750°N 8.38444°E |
| Length | 52 km (32 mi) |
| Basin | 271.158 km2 (105 sq mi) |
 Course of the Quiech through Palatinate Forest and Upper Rhine valley
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The Queich is a tributary of the Rhine, which rises in the southern part of the Palatinate Forest, and flows through the Upper Rhine valley to its confluence with the Rhine in Germersheim. It is 52 kilometres (32 mi) long and is one of the four major drainage systems of the Palatinate Forest along with the Speyerbach, Lauter and Schwarzbach. The Queich flows through the towns Hauenstein, Annweiler am Trifels, Siebeldingen, Landau, Offenbach an der Queich and Germersheim.
The Queichquelle is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the municipality of Hauenstein at an elevation of almost 400 metres (1,300 ft) on the eastern slope of the 463-metre (1,519 ft) high mount Winterberg. It is taken surrounded with hewn stones from the typical local red sandstone. There are also benches and a foot baths.
The Queich first flows as a small stream north through Stephanstal valley to Hauenstein. There, it turns east and moves in large arcs through the Queich valley. It flows past Wilgartswiesen and Rinnthal, where it meets its largest tributary, the Wellbach. It then flows past Annweiler am Trifels, where it meets its second largest tributary, the Eisbach, which begins at the confluence of Eußerbach and Dernbach.
After about 20 kilometres (12 mi) the Queich valley opens up in Albersweiler towards the Rhine valley. Here the hilly landscape of the Palatinate Wine Route begins. The Queich crosses under the German Wine Road in Siebeldingen. It reaches the city of Landau in a suburb named Godramstein. Here it reaches the open plains of the Upper Rhine valley, after about 30 kilometres (19 mi), and takes up the Birnbach from the right.
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