Lamitz (Saale)

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Lamitz
Lamitz introduction at the Förmitz storage

Lamitz introduction at the Förmitz storage

Data
Water code DE : 56118
location Bavaria
River system Elbe
Drain over Saxon Saale  → Elbe  → North Sea
source Lamitzbrunnen on the eastern side of the mountain head in Fichtelgebirge
50 ° 8 '45'  N , 11 ° 53 '37 "  O
Source height 793  m above sea level NHN
muzzle opposite Fattigau in the Saxon Saale Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 29 ″  N , 11 ° 56 ′ 12 ″  E 50 ° 14 ′ 29 ″  N , 11 ° 56 ′ 12 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  488  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 305 m
Bottom slope approx. 14 ‰
length 22.5 km
Catchment area 68.88 km²
Discharge at the level of Fahrenbühl
A Eo : 26.2 km²
Location: 10.99 km above the mouth 		NNQ
MNQ
MQ
Mq
 MHQ
HHQ (1984) 		32 l / s
72 l / s
230 l / s
8.8 l / (s km²)
 4.65 m³ / s
9.47 m³ / s
Spring version of the Lamitz

The Lamitz is a stream in the Fichtelgebirge in the districts of Wunsiedel and Hof , which, after a 22 km long run, flows approximately northwards near Fattigau , a district of Oberkotzau , from the right to the Saxon Saale .

geography

source

The origin lies on the eastern slope of the Bergkopf in the Fichtelgebirge in the southern Hallerstein Forest at an altitude of 793  m above sea level. NHN , about 4 km west of the city center of Kirchenlamitz in the district of Wunsiedel . The local association Kirchenlamitz of the Fichtelgebirgsverein installed a granite spring socket with the inscription "LAMITZ-BRUNNEN" here on November 24, 1929 . The source area is a protected natural monument .

course

The stream initially runs north through the forest, then on an eastward course north at 792  m above sea level. NHN high Epprechtstein over to the town of Kirchenlamitz, which he crosses. Below it moves a little further north towards Niederlamitz , then it flows through the saddle between Kleines Kornberg (left, up to 678  m above sea level ) and Großem Kornberg (right, 793  m above sea level ), passing in the again wooded valley the Schnepfenmühle and Neuenhammer. Then he changes north into the urban area of Schwarzenbach an der Saale in the neighboring district of Hof, passes his church village Niederlamitz in an almost free corridor, further down touches the settlement area of ​​the city itself. After the Naturfreundehaus Lamitzgrund, he turns west through a grove of woods, there is For a while he border stream to the Oberkotzau market, in the area of ​​which he enters for his last 300 meters. Finally, the Lamitz flows into the Saxon Saale from the right and east opposite the southern part of the village of Fattigau .

The Lamitz loses about 305 meters in altitude on its 22.5 km long run and thus has an average bottom gradient of a little under 14 ‰.

The Weiden – Oberkotzau railway runs from Niederlamitz in the valley or on the slope; shortly before Neuenhammer it changes over a 48 m high bridge from the right to the left side of the valley.

Catchment area

It covers about 69 km² of the Fichtelgebirge and is half forested. The north-eastern watershed separates the Schwesnitz catchment area , the next major tributary of the Franconian Saale. Beyond the south-east and south is that of the Eger , behind the west the Saxon Saale runs above the mouth of the Lamitz.

The highest point is near the Lamitz spring at the south-western tip of the catchment area on the north-eastern secondary summit of 857  m above sea level, only a few meters lower . NHN high mountain head , the second highest on the summit of the Großer Kornberg ( 827  m above sea level ) in the course of the southeastern watershed .

Tributaries

From the origin to the mouth. Selection.

  • Sandlohbach , from the left and west to about 563  m above sea level. NHN in Niederlamitz, 4.2 km and 6.6 km².
  • Trout stream , from the right and east to 531  m above sea level. NHN above Neuenhammer
  • Schwarzbach , from the right and east to about 526  m above sea level. NHN below Neuenhammer
  • Schiedabach , from the left and southwest to about 514  m above sea level. NHN before Martinlamitz
  • Steinbach , from the right and east into one immediately afterwards at 509  m above sea level. NHN returning Mühlkanal through Martinlamitz, 7.3 km and 14.0 km².

Surname

The brook name is of Slavic origin. There are different interpretations of the name: Schafweidenbach, Bruchbach. The name of the water was carried over to different places: Kirchenlamitz, Niederlamitz, Niederlamitzerhammer , Martinlamitz , Lamitzmühle .

Economic use

The water power of the Lamitz was used for the mills and hammer mills Hasenmühle, Fuchsmühle, Obere Mühle and Untere Mühle in Kirchenlamitz, Dötschenmühle, Mittelmühle, Oberer Hammer and Unterer Hammer, Niederlamitzerhammer, Schnepfenmühle, Neuenhammer, Lamitzmühle. In 1824 there were around 9,000 pearl mussels in the bed of the Lamitz . In 1914 it was protected as Perlenbach by the royal government of Upper Franconia . At the Schnepfenmühle Lamitz water is diverted for the Förmitz reservoir .

literature

  • Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 , p. 373 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

BayernAtlas ("BA")

Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Course and catchment area of ​​the Lamitz
General introduction without default settings and layers: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )

  1. ↑ a b c Height according to the blue lettering on the background layer of the official map .
  2. ↑ a b c d Height requested on the background layer Official map (right click).

Water directory Bavaria ("GV")

  1. ↑ a b c Length according to: Total table of the Bavarian water directory of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (XLS, 10.3 MB)
  2. ↑ a b c catchment area according to: Complete table of the Bavarian water directory of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (XLS, 10.3 MB)

Others

  1. ↑ Master data and statistics on the level of Fahrenbühl , requested on November 28, 2018 at: Flood news service of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment ( information )