Germany The Odenbach is a 22.7-kilometre-long (14.1 mi) orographically right bank tributary of the Glan in the counties of Kaiserslautern and Kusel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
It flows – mainly in a north-northwesterly direction – through the municipalities of Schneckenhausen, Schallodenbach and Niederkirchen in the county of Kaiserslautern and through Hefersweiler, Reipoltskirchen, Ginsweiler and Adenbach in the county of Kusel, before emptying into the Glan in the eponymous village of Odenbach after a distance of just under 23 kilometres.
The catchment of the Odenbach covers an area of 85.956 km2 (33.188 sq mi) and consist of 50% arable land, 25.6% pasture, 20.2% woodland and 4.2% settlements.
The following table shows the tributaries of the Odenbach from source to mouth, as listed by the Water Management Authority of Rhineland-Palatinate.
It runs from Otterberg via Niederkirchen to Odenbach[5][6] The best known sights in the valley are the two water castles: