Hochspeyerbach

Hochspeyerbach at Weidenthal

The Hochspeyerbach is a good 21 km long river in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland -Palatinate and an orographic left tributary of Speyer Bach.

Course

The Hochspeyerbach rises in the local community high Speyer in the immediate vicinity of the swimming pool. In past times, the creek was dammed about 200 m from the source, and this lake was the swimming pool. The water of the newly created habitat as source pond is fed by overflow drain in a pipe system. Approximately 600 m east enters the creek into the open again and flows parallel to the railway line Mannheim -Saarbrücken to the east by high Speyer. After passing under the railway connecting loops Ludwig - Alsenztalbahn he takes on the left of the Fischbach. A few kilometers further, it flows through the former reservoir Franzosenwoog. At the entrance of Frankenstein he takes from the left coming from the Diemersteiner valley Glasbach on. In the district of Frankenstein the creek makes a noticeable change in direction and now flows in a southeasterly direction parallel to B 39, which begins in Frankenstein, in the direction of Neustadt on the Wine Route. One kilometer behind Frankenstein he takes on the right of Leinbach. Then it flows through even the communities Weidenthal and Neidenfels before it opens on the municipal boundary between Frankeneck and Lambrecht from the left in the Speyerbach.

Special

The Hochspeyerbach has over its entire length no natural stream bed. Immediately after the source he is piped, then channeled in the local area of high Speyer. In the other places, he is partly channeled partly cased. From the influx of Fischbachs he was straightened very early for the drift, and the banks were secured. The embankments were in former times from Holzflechtwerk, from the mid-19th century, the fortifications of stone were carried out. Even the creek bottom was attached with stones. Although these fittings are made without mortar, they are largely intact except for a few places.

Name

The medieval name Hospira of high Speyer Bach is demonstrated in the 10th century; he headed possibly on the Speyerbach ( Spira, Spiraha ).

Another theory: " The word Spiraha would spew according to this theory, formed from OHG spiwan = (also known as spiran not occupied, but Spiren from MHG to tap ) and the ancient name suffix - aha = ( flowing ) water, cognate with Latin aqua = water. So Spiraha would mean out bubbly, herausgespieenes water, the source would therefore have given the river its name. "