Vinxtbach

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

The Vinxtbach is a stream, a good 19 km long, which rises south-southwest of Schalkenbach-Obervinxt and east of the Adert and which 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". Today the Vinxtbach forms a dialect boundary, "Vinxtbach line" (Vinxtbachlinie). North of the Vinxtbach the Ripuarian dialects are spoken, south of it, the Moselle Franconian dialects.