Ascherbach (light)
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Water code | DE : 563242 | |
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Thuringian Slate Mountains
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River system | Elbe | |
Drain over | Lichte → Schwarza → Saale → Elbe → North Sea | |
source | Neuhaus on Rennweg- Schmalen Beech 50 ° 30 '28 " N , 11 ° 8' 31" O |
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Source height | approx. 800 m above sea level NN | |
muzzle | in the light coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 5 " N , 11 ° 10 ′ 38" E 50 ° 31 ′ 5 " N , 11 ° 10 ′ 38" E |
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Mouth height | approx. 606 m above sea level NN | |
Height difference | approx. 194 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 49 ‰ | |
length | 4 km | |
Catchment area | 9 km² |
The Ascherbach is an approx. 4 km long left tributary of the Lichte in the Thuringian Slate Mountains and in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park .
Surname
The name Ascherbach is undoubtedly traced back to the stems of Asche and Bach . In the earliest documentary mentions, which go back to 1386, today's Ascherbach, however, was named Glaseseiff . This medieval naming, like the place names Glanzviertel and Waschdorf near the water, are indications that light gold mining and gold washing were carried out in the catchment area .
geography
course
The Ascherbach rises in the Schmalenbuche district of the city of Neuhaus am Rennweg in the immediate vicinity of the Rennsteig , the watershed between Thuringia and Franconia .
On its course to the northeast, the brook flows through the town of Schmalenbuche, turns to the east and follows the Neuhauser Grund to Ascherbach , whose extreme end is called the Glanzviertel . There it finally flows into the light .
literature
- Albert Brödel: From the Köhlerhütte to the industrial site (... history of the place Lichte ... according to official sources 1937–1939), editor W. Brödel 1997
- Markus Schade: Gold in Thuringia , Thuringian State Institute for Geology, Weimar 2001