Eckbach
Sign in to saveThe Eckbach (locally known as the Eck and in the lower reaches also as Neugraben or Leiniger Graben) is a small river in the northeastern Palatinate and the southeastern Rhenish Hesse. It is slightly over long.
Key facts
- River.source1_location
- near Carlsberg-Hertlingshausen,
- River.name
- Eckbach
- River.image
- 2006 Dirmstein-Eckbach-Laumersheim.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Eckbach between Dirmstein and Laumersheim
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Germany
- River.subdivision_type2
- State
- River.subdivision_name2
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- River.basin_size_km2
- 217.847
- River.length_km
- 39.27
- River.mouth_location
- Confluence with Rhine at Worms,
- River.tributaries_left
- Rothbach, Floßbach
- River.tributaries_right
- Höninger Bach, Schrakelbach
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The Eckbach (locally known as the Eck and in the lower reaches also as Neugraben or Leiniger Graben) is a small river in the northeastern Palatinate and the southeastern Rhenish Hesse. It is slightly over long.
== Name == Linguistic Research into the old name of die Eck shows that it is related to the Upper German word Ache, which means "river" or "creek" and is derived from the Old High German aha.