Otterbach (Pulsnitz)
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| Water code | DE : 53824 | |
| location | West Lusatia | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Pulsnitz → Black Elster → Elbe → North Sea | |
| source | between Weißbach and Neukirch 51 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ N , 13 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Source height | 167 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | in the desert of Rohna in the Pulsnitz coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 13 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E 51 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 13 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E
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| length | 12.2 km | |
| Small towns | Koenigsbrück | |
| Communities | Neukirch | |
The Otterbach is a right tributary of the Pulsnitz in West Lusatia in Saxony .
course
It rises northeast of the juniper hill ( 198 m ) between the villages of Weißbach and Neukirch at 167 m above sea level. M. from two source streams. On its further course to the northwest, it is initially dammed in the forest pond and then flows through Schmorkau . In the landscape protection area in the area of the former Königsbrück military training area , the Otterbach in the General-Müller-Teich and the largely silted-up two forestry ponds are dammed. Then the brook flows through the desert of Otterschütz . After 12.2 km it joins the Pulsnitz east of Naundorf at the place of the abandoned village Rohna .
Tributaries
- Weissbach (l)
- Zietscher water (l)
- Jensiggraben (r)
- Quosdorfer Graben (l)
additional
In Schmorkau the Otterbach used to form the border between the Meissner and the Upper Lusatian side.
The natural stream on the former Königsbrück military training area is a retreat for the kingfisher .
swell
- Hydrological manual. (PDF; 115 kB) Part 2 - Area Codes. Free State of Saxony - State Office for Environment and Geology, p. 9 , accessed on December 25, 2017 .