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Moosalb (Schwarzbach)

Rivers and lakes of the Palatinate ForestRivers of GermanyRivers of Rhineland-PalatinateTributaries of the Blies
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The Moosalb (also Moosalbe) is a stream in West Palatinate in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The upper Moosalb valley is also called the Hammertal ("hammer mill valley") on account of the many witnesses, in the form of ruined buildings and structures, to the iron smelting and working industries of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Moosalb (Schwarzbach)
L 500, Landstuhl

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N 49.3344 ° E 7.8181 °
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67705 Landstuhl
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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