Gimmlitz

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Gimmlitz
The Gimmlitz in Lichtenberg

The Gimmlitz in Lichtenberg

Data
Water code DE : 54214
location Saxony , Germany
River system Elbe
Drain over Freiberger Mulde  → Mulde  → Elbe  → North Sea
source near Hermsdorf / Erzgeb.
50 ° 44 ′ 32 "  N , 13 ° 37 ′ 55"  E
Source height approx.  775  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Lichtenberg in the Freiberger Mulde Coordinates: 50 ° 50 '52 "  N , 13 ° 24' 10"  E 50 ° 50 '52 "  N , 13 ° 24' 10"  E
Mouth height 387  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 388 m
Bottom slope approx. 16 ‰
length 25 km
Discharge at gauge Lichtenberg 2
A Eo : 38.91 km²
Location: 6.2 km above the mouth 		NNQ
MQ 1975/2010
Mq 1975/2010
 MHQ 1975/2010
HHQ (August 13, 2002) 		0 l / s
438 l / s
11.3 l / (s km²)
 8.23 m³ / s
48 m³ / s
Reservoirs flowed through Lichtenberg dam

The Gimmlitz is an approximately 25 km long, right or eastern tributary of the Freiberger Mulde in Saxony , Germany .

course

It rises on the edge of the pottery forest not far from the 805 m high Schickelshöhe between Hermsdorf / Erzgeb. and Holzhau on the district border and border of the Erzgebirge / Vogtland Nature Park . Past the Weicheltmühle and other watermills , the river meanders through the Gimmlitztal , flows around the Lichtenberg castle hill , feeds the Lichtenberg dam and flows into the Freiberg Mulde in Lichtenberg not far from the former Lichtenberg moated castle .

Flood

The neighboring towns of the Gimmlitz were affected by the flood of the century in 2002 . Since it was feared that the Lichtenberg dam could not withstand the pressure of the water, parts of the Lichtenberg area were evacuated for a short time.

literature

  • Gerhard Platz: The Gimmlitz. A child of the woods and meadows of our Ore Mountains . in: Communications of the Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz Volume XXVI, Issue 1–4 / 1937, Dresden 1937, pp. 29–42

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hydrological Handbook. (PDF; 637 kB) Part 3 - Main aquatic values. Free State of Saxony - State Office for Environment and Geology, p. 86 , accessed on December 25, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Astrid Ring: Brand-Erbisdorf: The dam no longer holds water masses. In: Free Press . Retrieved August 25, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Special missions in the past few years: flood in August 2002. In: feuerwehr-halsbruecke.de. Halsbrücke Volunteer Fire Brigade, accessed on August 25, 2013 .