Queich

Queich
Queich in Annweiler
Course of the Queich through Palatinate Forest and Upper Rhine valley
Location
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
Cities
Physical characteristics
SourcePalatinate Forest
 • locationHauenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
 • coordinates49°10′6″N 7°50′48″E / 49.16833°N 7.84667°E / 49.16833; 7.84667
 • elevation395 m (1,296 ft)
MouthConfluence with Rhine
 • location
Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
 • coordinates
49°13′39″N 8°23′4″E / 49.22750°N 8.38444°E / 49.22750; 8.38444
 • elevation
105 m (344 ft)
Length51.5 km (32.0 mi)[1]
Basin size271.2 km2 (104.7 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionRhineNorth Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftBirnbach [de; eo; zh], Spiegelbach
 • rightWellbach, Eisbach, Fuchsbach [de; eo; cv]

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 52 kilometres (32 mi) 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.