Letschwasser

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Letschwasser
Letsche
Letschwasser

Letschwasser

Data
Water code DE : 5371662
location Saxony ( Germany )
River system Elbe
Drain over Langenwolmsdorfer Dorfbach  → Wesenitz  → Elbe  → North Sea
source south of Lauterbach
51 ° 3 ′ 42 ″  N , 14 ° 7 ′ 19 ″  E
muzzle near Stolpen in the Langenwolmsdorfer Dorfbach Coordinates: 51 ° 2 '30 "  N , 14 ° 4' 46"  E 51 ° 2 '30 "  N , 14 ° 4' 46"  E

length approx. 4.1 km
Reservoirs flowed through Lauterbach reservoir
Small towns Stumble

The Letschwasser , short form Letsche , recorded on old maps in the spelling Letzschwasser or Letzsche , is an approx. 4.1 kilometer long stream in Saxony . The name goes back to the Sorbian word leska (German " hazel bush ").

course

The Letschwasser rises south of Lauterbach . The stream feeds a reservoir in the Lauterbach district and flows west past Langenwolmsdorf . Minor swelling veins of Letschwassers also lie on the sheep and Great Mountain at Langenwolmsdorf. The course of the stream after the reservoir does not correspond to the natural course everywhere due to various structural interventions. On the southern outskirts of Stolpen , near the village of Zscheppa , the Letschwasser flows into the Langenwolmsdorfer Dorfbach, which flows into the Wesenitz about a kilometer further .

During its entire course, the Letschwasser is almost exclusively surrounded by agricultural areas and meadows. In the case of heavy rainfall, this means that the body of water has to absorb large amounts of water because there are no forest or other flow obstacles. This situation is exacerbated by the slope of most of the surrounding fields. These circumstances, which occur similarly in the Langenwolmsdorfer Dorfbach, mean that the water of the two brooks causes about a quarter of the flood peak of the Wesenitz in the old town of Stolpen.

Reservoir

The reservoir in the Lauterbach district serves as a water reservoir and is used by the "Elbflorenz" angling association in Dresden. The barrier structure has a crown length of 103 meters, the approximately 2.5 hectare large body of water holds a total of 30,000 m³ of water.

history

In the Upper Lusatian border document of 1241, the Letschwasser ( Lezne siccae , for example "dry Letsche") is defined as the border between the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Diocese of Meissen . In 1565, a well and a wooden water pipe were built in the headwaters of the Letsch water to supply the town of Stolpen. From 1561 to 1563 the Freiberg mountain master Martin Planer built a water art to supply Stolpen Castle . In order to drive this, an artificial pond, the Letschtich, was created on the course of the Letsch water to store water, later this was supplemented by a second pond on the Langenwolmsdorfer Dorfbach. The water art was badly damaged in both the Thirty Years and the Seven Years War ; it was finally destroyed in 1813 by the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte . The water wheel of a grinding shop, which was located at the foot of the Schafberg in the 18th and 19th centuries, was driven by the Letschwasser. The Langenwolmsdorfer Schäferei, which was known for breeding merino sheep in electoral and royal ownership , was supplied by the Letsch water via pumps.

The reservoir was created in 1978 to irrigate the surrounding meadows. Previously there were two small fish ponds at the site where carp were raised. Since the amount of water in the reservoir was not sufficient, the dam and thus the capacity of the reservoir was increased in 1982. The water was brought to the meadows and fields via pump systems. After the fall of the Wall , the lake was no longer used for irrigation. The pumps were dismantled and the lake has been used for fishing and swimming ever since.

Others

The Katharinenwasser , which rises north of the Stolpener district Heeselicht and flows into the Wesenitz in Helmsdorf , is also referred to in some historical records as Letzschwasser or Leczsche . Archive records from the 16th century name the Katharinenwasser as Grüner Letzschpach .

South of the current city of Stolpen is said to have been the place Letzsche , directly on the Letschwasser, until the 15th century . The place is said to have been destroyed during the Hussite Wars in 1429 , according to tradition, the parcels were divided among the inhabitants of Stolpen.

literature

Web links

Commons : Letschwasser  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Friedrich: Meeting of the Stolpen local council on March 12, 2012, report by the mayor. Published in the Stolpner Anzeiger, Official Gazette of the City of Stolpen, edition 04/2012, page 14 .
  2. ↑ Reservoir directory 2002. Free State of Saxony, State Office for Environment and Geology, accessed on May 13, 2015 . (PDF, 500 kB)
  3. ↑ a b Manfred Beier: From the history of the Stolpner country: The Lauterbacher Letsche. Stolpner History Association V., 2010. Published in Stolpner Anzeiger, Official Gazette of the City of Stolpen, Ed. 12/2010 & 01/2011.
  4. ^ A b Alfred Meiche : Historical-topographical description of the Pirna administration. Dresden, 1927. pp. 155f.