Perlbach (Regen)

Perlbach
Location Bavaria
  Straubing-Bogen
  Cham
Reference no. DE: 152294
Physical characteristics
Main source south of Zinzenzell
over 655 m above sea level (NN)
49°04′01″N 12°34′37″E / 49.067°N 12.577°E / 49.067; 12.577Coordinates: 49°04′01″N 12°34′37″E / 49.067°N 12.577°E / 49.067; 12.577
River mouth west of Wiesing from left and south into the Regen
under 353 m above sea level (NN)
49°10′37″N 12°28′37″E / 49.176836°N 12.476842°E / 49.176836; 12.476842
Length 26.21 km [1]
Basin features
Progression Regen Danube Black Sea
River system Danube
Basin size 82.43 km² [1]
Landmarks

The Perlbach is a river in Bavaria in the provinces of Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate, which drains into the Regen west of Wiesing in the borough of Roding in the Upper Palatine county of Cham.

Name

On the Lower Bavarian side and up to Falkenstein the Perlbach is still called by its original name of Miethnach.[2] That the name Miethnach is the older, is indicated by the name of the hamlet Mietnach am Perlbach (between Marienstein and Trasching), west of the Zinzenberg.

Course

The Perlbach rises in the Lower Bavarian county of Straubing-Bogen south of Zinzenzell between Geraszell and the Edenhof. It flows, roughly speaking, northwestwards; its upper course more or less constantly, while its lower course runs in a large, roughly semi-circular arc towards the southwest and back. Early on it enters the Upper Palatine county of Cham, in which it remains until it reaches its mouth near Wiesing and empties into the Regen.

Its larger tributaries are the left-hand Geißbach which joins it near Völling, the left-hand Urbachl near Au and the longest, last and right-hand Neudecker Bach just after Trasching.

References

  1. 1 2 Register of the stream and river areas in Bavaria – Nahe catchment to the Isar, page 11 by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as at 2012 (pdf; 2.8 MB)
  2. Weinerius, Karte von Ober- und Niederbayern, 1579.
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