Vinxtbach
Vinxtbach | |
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The mouth of the Vinxtbach | |
Location | Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
Reference no. | DE: 27174 |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source |
South-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert 397 m above sea level (NHN) 50°28′57″N 7°07′09″E / 50.482378°N 7.119249°ECoordinates: 50°28′57″N 7°07′09″E / 50.482378°N 7.119249°E |
River mouth |
Near Rheineck Castle between Bad Breisig and Brohl-Lützing into the Rhine 64 m above sea level (NHN) 50°30′05″N 7°18′42″E / 50.501278°N 7.311694°E |
Length | 19.11 km [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rhine→ North Sea |
Basin size | 45.472 km² [1] |
The Vinxtbach is a stream, around 19 km long, which rises south-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert and which discharges into the River Rhine near Rheineck Castle between Bad Breisig and Brohl-Lützing.
The name Vinxt is derived from the Latin term finis, which means "border". Today the Vinxtbach forms a dialect boundary, "Vinxtbach line" (Vinxtbachlinie). North of the Vinxtbach the Ripuarian dialects are spoken, south of it, the Moselle Franconian dialects.
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