Raft ditch near Schlema

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Raft ditch
In Neudörfel the Floßgraben crosses the Zschorlaubach in a trough.

In Neudörfel the Floßgraben crosses the Zschorlaubach in a trough .

Data
location Germany
River system Elbe
source Rechenhaus Albernau
50 ° 32 ′ 45 ″  N , 12 ° 39 ′ 58 ″  E
muzzle Kurpark Schlema Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 3 ″  N , 12 ° 39 ′ 18 ″  E 50 ° 36 ′ 3 ″  N , 12 ° 39 ′ 18 ″  E

length 15.3 km

The Floßgraben near Schlema (also known as Schneeberger Floßgraben or Auer Floßgraben ) is a canal built for rafting in the Western Ore Mountains between Albernau and Schlema . It served the wood supply of the Oberschlema mines and smelters as well as the city of Schneeberg . The ditch, which was built in the middle of the 16th century, is considered a masterpiece of the art of marrowing .

history

The trench crosses one after the districts Albernau, Zschorlau , Auerhammer , Aue , Niederschlema and Oberschlema . He was 1556 to 1559 for an exact measurement by the Markscheider Christoph Kunzmann applied is approximately 1 to 1.5 m wide and of little depth. The 15.3 km long ditch at the “Rechenhaus” restaurant in Albernau not far from Bockau is fed by the water of the Zwickauer Mulde . The historic end of the raft ditch is at Zechenplatz in Oberschlema. Since the re-emergence of the Schlema spa, it flows into the Schlemabach at a height difference of 70 m at the end of the Schlemaer Kurpark . The banks of the below listed trench provided are fixed with concrete, quarrystone and brick masonry. The trench was dug for the drift of firewood and pit wood for the Oberschlema mining and the town of Schneeberg.

It runs on the slope of the mountains to the left of the Zwickauer Mulde and crosses the entrance and exit of a later-built railway tunnel and the Zschorlaubach . The fact that the flaked and excavated masses were heaped down the slope created a level surface with a path for the ditch climber and his assistants, who were responsible for the maintenance of the raft ditch. Today a popular hiking trail runs along this ditch, which can be used by experienced and safe cyclists at their own risk.

The Floßgraben is a selected site of the UNESCO World Heritage Ore Mountains Mining Region .

  • Memorial plaque in Oberschlema

  • Floßgraben and Zwickauer Mulde at the computer house

  • Raft ditch at the Niederschlema night sanatorium

  • historic end at Zechenplatz Oberschlema

literature

  • Otfried Wagenbreth et al .: Mining in the Ore Mountains. Technical monuments and history . Ed .: Otfried Wagenbreth, Eberhard Wächtler . 1st edition. German publishing house for basic industry, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-342-00509-2 , p. 215-216 .
  • Local group Schneeberg of the Kulturbund of the GDR (ed.): The Floßgraben. Nature trail . Schneeberg 1979.

Web links

Commons : Schlemaer Floßgraben  - Collection of images, videos and audio files