Queich
Sign in to saveThe Queich () is a tributary of the Rhine, which rises in the southern part of the Palatinate Forest, and flows through the Upper Rhine valley to its confluence with the Rhine in Germersheim. It is long and is one of the four major drainage systems of the Palatinate Forest along with the Speyerbach, Lauter and Schwarzbach. The Queich flows through the towns Hauenstein, Annweiler am Trifels, Siebeldingen, Landau, Offenbach an der Queich and Germersheim.
Key facts
- River.name
- Queich
- River.image
- Annweiler Queich 05.JPG
- River.image_size
- 300px
- River.image_caption
- Queich in Annweiler
- River.map
- Pfaelzerwaldkarte Flussgebiete Queich.png
- River.map_size
- 330
- River.map_caption
- Course of the Queich through Palatinate Forest and Upper Rhine valley
- River.pushpin_map_size
- 330
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Germany
- River.subdivision_type3
- State
- River.subdivision_name3
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- River.subdivision_type5
- Cities
- River.source1
- Palatinate Forest
- River.source1_location
- Hauenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- River.mouth
- Confluence with Rhine
- River.mouth_location
- Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- River.tributaries_left
- , Spiegelbach
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- 2025-08-19 D500-0366 Achim-Lammerts Germersheim-Queich-Nardini-Platz.jpg
- Length
- 51.57
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- Queich
- watershed area
- 271.158
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11 sectionsContents
- Topography
- Sources
- Course and tributaries
- History
- Mills, drift wood and paper industries
- Albersweiler Canal and fortress of Landau
- Queich Line
- Shift of the lower reaches
- Transport
- See also
- References
The Queich () is a tributary of the Rhine, which rises in the southern part of the Palatinate Forest, and flows through the Upper Rhine valley to its confluence with the Rhine in Germersheim. It is long and is one of the four major drainage systems of the Palatinate Forest along with the Speyerbach, Lauter and Schwarzbach. The Queich flows through the towns Hauenstein, Annweiler am Trifels, Siebeldingen, Landau, Offenbach an der Queich and Germersheim.
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