Colmnitzbach

Colmnitzbach
Railway viaduct on the Dresden-Chemnitz line over the Colmnitzbach
Data
Water code	DE : 54224
location	Saxony , Germany
River system	Elbe
Drain over	Bobritzsch  → Freiberger Mulde  → Mulde  → Elbe  → North Sea
River basin district	Elbe
source	on the south-eastern outskirts of Pretzschendorf 50 ° 51 ′ 27 ″  N , 13 ° 32 ′ 23 ″  E
muzzle	on the southern edge of Naundorf Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 57 ″  N , 13 ° 26 ′ 13 ″  E 50 ° 55 ′ 57 ″  N , 13 ° 26 ′ 13 ″  E
length	12 km

The Colmnitzbach is an approximately 12 km long right tributary of the Bobritzsch , which rises on the southeastern outskirts of Pretzschendorf .

course

It flows through the place and its district Colmnitz in a north-westerly direction. The 23 meter high viaduct of the Dresden – Chemnitz railway line has been running over the Bachtal here since 1862 . It takes its further course on the southwestern edge of the Tharandt forest . Here it flows through the Tännichtgrund , a deep forest valley between the actual Tharandt forest and the forested ridge of the Tännicht in front of it. The Colmnitzbach passes the Lips-Tullian rock and the geographic center of Saxony . From 1921 to 1971 the narrow-gauge railway Klingenberg-Colmnitz-Oberdittmannsdorf ran here . At the southern edge of Naundorf (near Freiberg) it flows into the Bobritzsch .

On 12./13. In August 2002 the Colmnitz flood caused considerable damage to the villages.

See also: List of waters in Saxony