Spiegelbach

{{Infobox river

| name = Spiegelbach

| image = Abzweig Queich -Spiegelbach.JPG

| image_caption = Spiegelbach splits away from Queich north of Ottersheim

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Rhineland-Palatinate

| progression = {{RRhine}}

| basin_size = {{convert|54.592|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

| length = {{convert|9.2|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| source1_location = Weir splitting Spiegelbach off of Queich, north of Ottersheim

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|49|12|33.26|N|8|14|13.19|E|region:DE-RP}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|122|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth_location = Confluence with Rhine, southwest of Sondernheim,

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|49|11|6.25|N|8|20|43.76|E|region:DE-RP|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=on}}

}}

The Spiegelbach is a river in the southern Palatinate. It arises as a diversion of the Queich, which rises in the Palatinate forest, and thus has no separate source. It flows into the Rhine at Sondernheim.

After a devastating flood in 1745, in which the mills on the Altbach and Brühlgraben were flooded, it was decided to create a diversion from the Queich towards Bellheim, in order to provide the newly built mills with a steady supply of water. From the weir on the boundary of the districts Ottersheim and Knittelsheim, the Spiegelbach flows {{convert|9.2|km|mi}} before reaching the Old Rhine at Sondernheim.

Spiegelbach

See also