The Elz, also called Elzbach on the upper reaches, is a right tributary of the Neckar, 39 km in length. It flows through the southeastern Odenwald from north to south. The mouth is 407 m lower than the source.
The Elz rises in the Odenwald northwest of Oberscheidental am Dickbuckel at an altitude of 540 m.
The origin of the Elz is a so-called seepage source. In the case of seepage springs, the groundwater emerges in numerous small water veins. The water soaks the soil, so that a more or less large spring swamp forms.

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Source of the Elz

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Scheidental is a "three-spring village" with the Elz, Reisenbach, and Trienzbach rivers all rising here. It forms the watershed between the Main and Neckar rivers, hence its name.

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