Vinxtbach

Vinxtbach
Vinxtbach
	The mouth of the Vinxtbach
Location
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Reference no.	DE: 27174
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	South-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert
• coordinates	50°28′57″N 7°07′09″E / 50.482378°N 7.119249°E
• elevation	397 m above sea level (NHN)
Mouth
• location	Near Rheineck Castle between Bad Breisig and Brohl-Lützing into the Rhine
• coordinates	50°30′05″N 7°18′42″E / 50.501278°N 7.311694°E
• elevation	64 m above sea level (NHN)
Length	19.11 km (11.87 mi)
Basin size	45.472 km2 (17.557 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Rhine→ North Sea

The Vinxtbach is a stream of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is around 19 km (12 mi) long, rises south-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert and discharges into the River Rhine near Rheineck Castle between Bad Breisig and Brohl-Lützing.

The name Vinxt is derived from the Latin term finis, which means "border". In ancient Rome, the Vinxtbach marked the border between the provinces Germania Inferior and Germania Superior. In times of the Middle Ages, it was the border between the duchies of Lower Lorraine and Upper Lorraine. Today the Vinxtbach forms a dialect boundary, the "Vinxtbach line" (Vinxtbachlinie): north of the Vinxtbach the Ripuarian dialects are spoken, south of it, the Moselle Franconian dialects.

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