It is a right tributary of the Neckar in the southern part of the Heilbronn district of Baden-Württemberg.

It has its source near the village Vorhof near Untergruppenbach in the Löwenstein Hills and flows through Oberheinriet, Unterheinriet, Abstatt, Auenstein [de], Ilsfeld, Schozach and Talheim, and Heilbronn, before it flows into the Neckar near Sontheim, part of Heilbronn.

Origin of the Schozach in the upper Dautenklinge in a northern tongue of forest meadows near Untergruppenbach atrium on about 305 m. Schellenrain from several sources at about 310 m. After the inflow of the Gruppenbach and the crossing under the A 81 the river turns its flow direction from southwest to west.

After the inlet of the Wässerung the river enters its narrow, meandering Muschelkalk blade at the lower reaches and turns its flow direction from west to north-northwest.

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