Tracks
| Tracks | ||
 The tracks near Nausnitz |
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| Data | ||
| location | east of the middle Saale valley in the Saale-Holzland district |
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| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Saale → Elbe → North Sea | |
| source | at Ascherhütte in the near Albers village |
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| Source height | 353 m | |
| muzzle | near Golmsdorf in the Saale Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '57 " N , 11 ° 39' 47" E 50 ° 58 '57 " N , 11 ° 39' 47" E |
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| Mouth height | 132 m | |
| Height difference | 221 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 12 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 19 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 67.2 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Zensengraben , Löbnitzbach | |
| Right tributaries | Castle moat | |
| Small towns | Bürgel | |
| Communities | Albersdorf , Waldeck , Nausnitz , Poxdorf , Graitschen b. Bürgel , Löberschütz , Jenalöbnitz , Golmsdorf | |
| Residents in the catchment area | approx. 5450 | |
The track is a right tributary of the Saale in the Saale-Holzland district ( Thuringia ).
The source area of the tracks is near Albersdorf. It continues to flow to the northwest through the places Ascherhütte , Scheiditz , Ilmsdorf , Thalbürgel , Graitschen b. Bürgel , Löberschütz , Beutnitz , Naura and Golmsdorf . Its confluence is not far from that of the Gönnerbach in the Saale .
The tracks used to drive numerous mills, e.g. B. in Nausnitz , in Graitschen and in Löberschütz.
Origin of name
The water body name is derived from the Old High German glîza or glîz -aha ("shiny" or "glistening"). The name means the shiny (or glistening) water .
Gleistal
The valley section of the tracks below Bürgel is called Gleistal . Geographically, the Gleistal belongs to the area of the Middle Saale Valley . Due to its special nature and landscape, it is considered a local recreation area . From 1905 to 1969 the western part of the Crossen – Porstendorf railway ran and still today the federal road 7 in Gleistal.
landscape
The Gleistal is bordered by the Horseshoe Mountains and the Old Gleisberg in the south and the heights of the Tautenburger Forst in the north. The valley slopes form two different forms. From the wooded mountains the slopes fall steeply and partly rocky in the area of the shell limestone, and in the lower area in the red sandstone they are flat and hilly. Due to their nature, the steep slopes can only be used poorly. In contrast, arable and pasture farming is practiced on the flat sections of the slope. In addition, there were important vineyards on the south to south-west facing slopes of the Gleistal, which were replaced in the course of modern times by orchards and peony fields that were still partially preserved. These types of use and the partially preserved vineyard houses result in a very typical landscape.
The two most striking mountains in the area, the Große Gleisberg and the Alte Gleisberg , are closely connected to the Gleise and the Gleistal . There are historical settlements on both hills, which underline the strategically favorable location. The Kunitzburg (also called Burg Gleißberg) was built on the Großer Gleisberg in the Middle Ages and is still in ruins today. An important prehistoric hill settlement existed on the old Gleisberg.
Flora
On the southern slopes of the Gleistal lies the Gleistalhang nature reserve, which is one of the characteristic dry limestone slopes of the Saale valley near Jena. That is why there are many species of orchids such as bee and spider ragweed .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Elfriede Ulbricht: The river basin of the Thuringian Saale . 1st edition. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1957.