Floßbach (Isenach)

Floßbach
Mouth of the on the Floßbach (Floßbach from l to r)
Location
Location	Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Anterior Palatinate
Reference no.	DE: 2391488
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Diversion: Northeast of Schifferstadt to the left from the
• coordinates	49°24′02″N 8°23′30″E / 49.4006361°N 8.3916778°E / 49.4006361; 8.3916778Coordinates: 49°24′02″N 8°23′30″E / 49.4006361°N 8.3916778°E / 49.4006361; 8.3916778
• elevation	ca. 95 m above sea level (NHN) [1]
Mouth
• location	East of Lambsheim from the right into the Isenach
• coordinates	49°30′24″N 8°18′18″E / 49.5066417°N 8.3049972°E / 49.5066417; 8.3049972
• elevation	ca. 92 m above sea level (NHN) [1]
Length	16.04 km [2]
Basin size	169.328 km² [2]
Basin features
Progression	Isenach→ Rhine→ North Sea
Tributaries
• left	,

The Floßbach (also Floßgraben or Floßkanal, formerly Flotzbach or Flotzbachgraben) is a man-made river 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) long. It is an orographically right-hand tributary of the Isenach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built in the 18th century to enable the timber rafting of firewood.

References[]

Literature[]

• Wolfgang Kunz: Die Trift auf dem „Floßbach“. In: Ders., Henning Cramer, Wolfgang Fluck: Maxdorf. Geschichte und Natur. Knecht-Verlag, Landau, 2014, ISBN 978-3-939427-19-3, S. 147–165.
• Bernd-Stefan Grewe: Der versperrte Wald. Ressourcenmangel in der bayerischen Pfalz (1814–1870) (= Umwelthistorische Forschungen, Bd. 1). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne/Weimar/Vienna, 2004, ISBN 3-412-10904-5, pp. 292–302 (covers timber rafting in the Palatinate in general; for the Floßbach see p. 293).

External links[]

• Wasserwirtschaftliches Gesamtkonzept für das Einzugsgebiet von Isenach und Eckbach (pdf; 2.9 MB)