Elzbach

{{Short description|River in Germany}}

{{For|other uses of Elz|Elz (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Elzbach

| image = MonrealHaeuserAmElzbach.JPG

| image_caption = Timber-frame houses along the Elzbach in Monreal

| map = Elzbach.png

| source1_location = Eifel

| mouth_location = Moselle

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50|11|23|N|7|22|8|E|display=inline,title}}

| progression = {{RMoselle}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| length = {{convert|59|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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The Elzbach (also: Elz) is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel mountains near Kelberg.{{cite web | title=Elzbachtal | website=Rhineland-Palatinate Tourist Board in Deutschland | url=https://www.rlp-tourismus.com/en/infosystem/infosystem/Elzbachtal_Roes/infosystem.html | access-date=2025-06-22}} The Elz flows through Monreal and past Eltz Castle.{{cite book | last=Reitz | first=Maria | last2=Reitz | first2=Winand | title=Eifel | publisher=Bergverlag Rother GmbH | publication-place=München | date=2021-03-26 | isbn=978-3-7633-4223-5 | language=de | page=168}} It flows into the Moselle in Moselkern, in the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem.

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{{Moselle Tributaries}}

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Category:Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate

Category:Rivers of the Eifel

Category:Rivers of Germany

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