Loessnitzbach (Elbe)

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Loessnitz Bach
Zodenbach, Zottelbach
The north-south running Lößnitzbach, to Serkowitz next to the Lößnitzgrundbahn

The north-south running Lößnitzbach, to Serkowitz next to the Lößnitzgrundbahn

Data
location District of Meissen , Saxony , Germany
River system Elbe
Drain over Elbe  → North Sea
source northeast of Reichenberg (City of Moritzburg )
51 ° 8 ′ 7 ″  N , 13 ° 41 ′ 13 ″  E
muzzle near Serkowitz (city of Radebeul ) in the Elbe coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 38 "  N , 13 ° 39 ′ 11"  E 51 ° 5 ′ 38 "  N , 13 ° 39 ′ 11"  E

length 6.7 km  from the dam outlet
Catchment area 23.4 km²
Left tributaries Wetterbergwasser , Reichenberger Wasser , Brandwasser , Rehgrund , Wahnsdorfer Bach , Rieselgrund
Right tributaries Goldbach , Gohlisbach , ( Lindenaubach )
Reservoirs flowed through Dippelsdorf pond

The Lößnitzbach (formerly also Zodenbach or Zottelbach) is a right-hand tributary of the Elbe . It flows in the Saxon cities of Moritzburg and Radebeul . The name, probably derived from the Old Sorbian lěsnica (forest stream), was first mentioned in 1286 in the Kötzschenbroda wine-growing region .

Lößnitzbach an der Grundmühle , next to it the track of the Lößnitzgrundbahn

The Lößnitzbach is 6.7 km long (from the dam outlet) and overcomes a difference in altitude of 79 meters on this route, as it flows through the Lößnitzgrund , an up to 80 m deep Sohlental ( Kerbtal ) in the Saxon landscape of Lößnitz . It originally begins with the Wetterberg water and feeds the Dippelsdorf pond . From this it emerges at the south-western pond dam near Dippelsdorf and flows into the Elbe near Serkowitz . The Lößnitzbach is one of two tributaries of the Elbe valley on the right bank of the Elbe . Although it hits the sand terrace just like the “Lost Waters” Fiedlerbach and Rietzschkebach , it carries too much water to completely seep away.

Above Serkowitz, the Lößnitzbach runs in a straight line and partly above the surrounding level. There it formed the inlet to the valley mill, which was mentioned as the oldest mill in the Loessnitz as early as 1337. The Lößnitzbach has a catchment area of 23.4 km².

The lower reaches of the Lößnitzbach from Serkowitz has been canalized since 1905, and it also absorbs sewage. As a result of the floods in June 2013 , the canal walls are in danger of collapsing and have already collapsed in places. Instead of a necessary new building, according to the European Water Framework Directive, the course of the river must be designed in a natural way and the wastewater intake must be unbundled. In January 2018, the Radebeul city council decided to relocate the river bed in accordance with the requirements. The project, which is estimated at 7 million euros, will take around ten years Template: future / in 5 yearsto complete.

The seven watermills

The Scheffler mill , still in operation today as an electric mill

In addition to the ship's water mills in the Elbe and the Serkowitz Thalmühle mentioned in a document in 1337 on the lower reaches of the Lößnitzbach, most of the water mills were located on the upper reaches of the same. In 1461 the mill under Wahnsdorf (later Grundmühle , Lößnitzgrundstraße 37) was first mentioned, followed in 1538 by the Carlowitzmühle (or Bönitzmühle ), on whose site the Niederlößnitz power station was built in 1895 .

Peter Meisters Mühle ( dairy ) was first mentioned in 1547 . Above the Radebeul city area, Thilmann's mill (later Schefflermühle ) and, also first mentioned in 1547, the Ranißmühle (later Kaisermühle ) stood from 1547 . From 1586 at the latest there was the Jägermühle , which is still remembered today by the street name An der Jägermühle .

literature

Web links

Commons : Lößnitzbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 , p. 121 .
  2. ↑ Nina Schirmer: Millions flow into the Lößnitzbach. In: Saxon newspaper . January 5, 2018, accessed October 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Silvio Kuhnert: Seven million euros are to flow into the Lößnitzbach. In: Dresdner Latest News . January 3, 2018, accessed October 13, 2019 .