The Rodalb, also called the Rodalbe, is a stream, just under long, in

West Palatinate Western Palatinate or West Palatinate (, ) is a sub-region in the west of the Palatinate (region), Palatinate, a German cultural and historic region in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It includes the western part of the Palatine Forest, the cent ...

in the German state of

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. It is an

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ally left tributary of the Schwarzbach.

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The Rodalb rises in the southwestern

Palatinate Forest The Palatinate Forest (; ), sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a List of landscapes in Rhineland-Palatinate, low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate (region), Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatina ...

, south of the town of

Pirmasens Pirmasens (; (also ''Bermesens'' or ''Bärmasens'')) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It was famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called ''Landkreis Pirmasens ...

near the hamlet of at a height of about 380 metres above sea level. To begin with it flows northeast, passing the villages of

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and

Ruppertsweiler Ruppertsweiler is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany and belongs to the municipal association Pirmasens-Land Pirmasens-Land is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Südwestpfalz ...

. It then swings north, accompanies the B 10 federal highway, 2 kilometres away, and flows through Münchweiler. At Riegelbrunnerhof (a district of Münchweiler), it picks up the waters of the Merzalbe, its largest tributary, from the right and changes direction once again to head northwest, passing through the little town of

Rodalben Rodalben () is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest, approx. 5 km northeast of Pirmasens. Rodalben is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective munici ...

. Near the hamlet of it discharges into the Schwarzbach from the left.

Sights

Lemberg Castle Lemberg Castle () is a medieval castle on the territory of Lemberg in the county of Südwestpfalz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Location The hill castle stands on the ''Schlossberg'' hill at an elevation of 458 metres and houses ...

, built around 1200, in ruins since 1689 * Rodalben Rock Trail with a length - depending on the source – of 43 or 45 km * ''Bärenhöhle'', "Bear Cave", the largest natural rock cave in the

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* ''Bruderfelsen'' rocks, symbol of the town of Rodalben{{cite web , author=Rodalber Felsenwanderweg , title=Bruderfelsen , url=http://www.felsenwanderweg.rodalben.de/felsen_bruderfelsen.html , access-date=2010-11-05 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201052618/http://www.felsenwanderweg.rodalben.de/felsen_bruderfelsen.html , archivedate=2010-12-01

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Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate Rivers and lakes of the Palatinate Forest Rivers of Germany

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