Göritz (river)

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Goritz
Data
location Thuringia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Steinach  → Rodach  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source north of the Kieferle near the town of Steinheid
50 ° 28 ′ 31 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height approx.  775  m above sea level NN
muzzle at the Göritzmühle north of Steinach in the Steinach coordinates: 50 ° 26 '59 "  N , 11 ° 8' 48"  E 50 ° 26 '59 "  N , 11 ° 8' 48"  E
Mouth height 524  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 251 m

The Göritz is a six kilometer long, left tributary of the Steinach in the Thuringian Slate Mountains .

geography

course

The Göritz rises north of the Kieferle near the town of Steinheid at an altitude of about 775 meters. It then forms a gorge-like , steep valley in a south-easterly direction, in which the state road from Steinheid to Steinach runs. It flows into the Steinach from the left at the Göritzmühle north of Steinach at an altitude of 524 meters .

Tributaries

Steinach river system (Rodach)