Queich

Queich
Queich in Annweiler
Course of the Queich through Palatinate Forest and Upper Rhine valley
Location
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Cities	Hauenstein Annweiler am Trifels Siebeldingen Landau Offenbach an der Queich
Physical characteristics
Source	Palatinate Forest
• location	Hauenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• coordinates	49°10′6″N 7°50′48″E / 49.16833°N 7.84667°E / 49.16833; 7.84667
• elevation	395 m (1,296 ft)
Mouth	Confluence 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)
Length	51.5 km (32.0 mi)[1]
Basin size	271.2 km2 (104.7 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
Progression	Rhine→ North Sea
Tributaries
• left	Birnbach [de; eo; zh], Spiegelbach
• right	Wellbach, 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.