Knesenbach

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Knesenbach
Data
Water code DE : 5426866
location Germany, Saxony
River system Elbe
Drain over Schwarze Pockau  → Flöha  → Zschopau  → Freiberger Mulde  → Mulde  → Elbe  → North Sea
Headwaters at jump
50 ° 38 ′ 37 ″  N , 13 ° 15 ′ 44 ″  E
Source height about  662  m above sea level NN
muzzle south of the Strobel mill in the Schwarze Pockau Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 39 ″  N , 13 ° 13 ′ 3 ″  E 50 ° 40 ′ 39 ″  N , 13 ° 13 ′ 3 ″  E
Mouth height about  453  m above sea level NN
Height difference about 209 m
Bottom slope about 33 ‰
length 6.3 km
Catchment area 9.8 km²
Small towns Marienberg , Pockau-Lengefeld

The Knesenbach (outdated also Knöse (n) bach , the Knese , Gnöse ) is a right tributary of the Schwarzen Pockau in the Saxon Ore Mountains .

Surname

The name is derived from the Upper Sorbian knjez , which means “prince, lord”. What was meant here was probably the ruler of Nidberg Castle, which was founded in the 13th century .

course

The brook rises at the southern end of the village of Frühung and flows along the village to the northwest in the direction of Zöblitz , where the federal road 171 is crossed. It then flows around the serpentine quarries and shortly afterwards passes the northern foothills of the serpentine stone town of Zöblitz. Finally it flows through a large forest area before it flows into the Schwarze Pockau after about 6.3 km near the former electoral Vorwerk Geiselroda .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Saxony Atlas
  2. ↑ a b Map of the Saxony water balance portal
  3. ↑ Paul Knauth (Ed.): The river names of the Erzgebirge . Vogts, Freiberg 1935, p. 25 .