Floßbach (Eckbach)

Floßbach

Immediately after re-naturalisation: The Floßbach northeast of Dirmstein (uppermost of 3 retention basins)
Location	Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Anterior Palatinate
Reference no.	DE: 239166
Length	8.1 km [1]
Confluence	of the Stadtbächen and the Landgraben in the east of Grünstadt 49°33′52″N 8°10′08″E / 49.5645028°N 8.1688444°E / 49.5645028; 8.1688444Coordinates: 49°33′52″N 8°10′08″E / 49.5645028°N 8.1688444°E / 49.5645028; 8.1688444
Source height	164 m above sea level (NHN) At the confluence
Mouth	In Dirmstein from the left into the Eckbach 49°33′44″N 8°15′46″E / 49.5623167°N 8.2628361°E / 49.5623167; 8.2628361
Mouth height	100 m above sea level (NHN)
Descent	64 m
Basin	Rhine
Progression	Eckbach → Rhine → North Sea
Catchment	18.764 km² [1]
Right tributaries	Sausenheimer Graben
Left tributaries	Stream from a hillock near the German Wine Road
Reservoirs passed	On the lower course are three retention basins for times of heavy precipitation
Small towns	Grünstadt
Villages	Obersülzen, Dirmstein
Population in catchment	16,800

The Floßbach, called the Landgraben in its upper course where, to distinguish it from other streams with the same name, it is also qualified by being referred to as the Grünstädter or Grünstadter Landgraben, is an 8.1-kilometre-long stream and an orographically left-hand headstream of the Eckbach in the northern part of the Anterior Palatinate in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The stream runs entirely on the territory of the town of Grünstadt and the two villages of Obersülzen und Dirmstein that belong to the collective municipality of Grünstadt-Land.

References

1. 1 2 Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz.

Literature

• Walter Lampert (1975) (in German), 1100 Jahre Grünstadt : Ein Heimatbuch, Grünstadt: Stadtverwaltung Grünstadt 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Floßbach (Eckbach).

• OSM: Verlauf des Floßbachs