The Floßbach (also Floßgraben or Floßkanal, formerly Flotzbach or Flotzbachgraben) is a man-made river 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) long. It is an orographically right-hand tributary of the Isenach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built in the 18th century to enable the timber rafting of firewood.
| Floßbach | |
|---|---|
 Mouth of the Stechgraben on the Floßbach (Floßbach from l to r) | |
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| Location | |
| Location | Germany |
| Reference no. | DE: 2391488 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Diversion: Northeast of Schifferstadt to the left from the Rehbach |
| • coordinates | 49°24′02″N 8°23′30″E / 49.4006361°N 8.3916778°E |
| • elevation | ca. 95 m above sea level (NHN) [2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | East of Lambsheim from the right into the Isenach |
• coordinates | 49°30′24″N 8°18′18″E / 49.5066417°N 8.3049972°E |
• elevation | ca. 92 m above sea level (NHN) [2] |
| Length | 16.04 km [1] |
| Basin size | 169.328 km² [1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Isenach→ Rhine→ North Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Schwabenbach, Stechgraben |
References
edit- ^ a b Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz
- ^ a b Topographical map, 1:25,000 series
Literature
edit- Wolfgang Kunz: Die Trift auf dem „Floßbach“. In: Derselbe, Henning Cramer, Wolfgang Fluck: Maxdorf. Geschichte und Natur. Knecht-Verlag, Landau, 2014, ISBN 978-3-939427-19-3, S. 147–165.
- Bernd-Stefan Grewe: Der versperrte Wald. Ressourcenmangel in der bayerischen Pfalz (1814–1870) (= Umwelthistorische Forschungen, Bd. 1). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne/Weimar/Vienna, 2004, ISBN 3-412-10904-5, pp. 292–302 (covers timber rafting in the Palatinate in general; for the Floßbach see p. 293).
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