The Reisbach is a 5.6-kilometre (3.5 mi) left bank tributary of the Wieslauter in the eastern Wasgau, the southern part of the Palatine Forest in Germany and northern part of the Vosges in France.

Reisbach
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Location
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
LocationWasgau
Reference no.DE: 237294
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNear Reisdorf [de], municipality of Böllenborn
 • coordinates49°05′29″N 7°54′13″E / 49.09127898832341°N 7.903611660003662°E / 49.09127898832341; 7.903611660003662
 • elevation314 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
 • location
Near Sankt Germanshof [de; nl] into the Wieslauter
 • coordinates
49°02′56″N 7°53′19″E / 49.048916184206774°N 7.888655662536621°E / 49.048916184206774; 7.888655662536621
 • elevation
171 m above sea level (NN)
Length5.6 km [1]
Basin size9.454 km2 (3.650 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
ProgressionLauterRhineNorth Sea

Course

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The Reisbach rises in the vicinity of the hamlet of Reisdorf [de] near Böllenborn and flows in a southerly direction. After just under 2 kilometres it forms the municipal boundary between Schweigen-Rechtenbach and Bobenthal, before it empties into the Wieslauter shortly before Sankt Germanshof [de; nl] in the municipality of Bobenthal.

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