Perlenbach (Schwesnitz)

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Perlenbach
The Perlenbach in Rehau

The Perlenbach in Rehau

Data
Water code EN : 5612
location Upper Franconia
River system Elbe
Drain over Schwesnitz  → Saale  → Elbe  → North Sea
origin Confluence of Lohbach, Lauterbach and Stock bei Schoenwald -Reichenbach
50 ° 12 '37 "  N , 12 ° 7' 11"  O
Source height 574  m
muzzle Union with the Höllbach to Schwesnitz in Rehau Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '57 "  N , 12 ° 1' 59"  E 50 ° 14 '57 "  N , 12 ° 1' 59"  E
Mouth height approx.  520  m
Height difference approx. 54 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.5 ‰
length 15.3 km (including Lohbach)
Catchment area 47.91 km²
Small towns Schönwald , Rehau
Pearl mussel at Perlenbach, work by Günther Mauermann at Maxplatz in Rehau

The Perlenbach is the left, longer source brook of the Schwesnitz in Upper Franconia .

It is produced in Schoenwald - Reichenbach from the two at the Czech border springing streams Lohbach / Hraniční brook (source when breakpoint Štítary 50 ° 13 '35 "  N , 12 ° 9' 34"  O , about 630  m above sea level. And Lauterbach) (Source near the hamlet of Prexhäuser (zu Selb ) 50 ° 12 ′ 57 ″  N , 12 ° 9 ′ 40 ″  E , approx. 635  m above sea level ), as well as the Stockbach, whose course begins on the eastern outskirts of Schönwald ( 50 ° 11 ′ 55 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 55 ″  E , approx. 600  m above sea level ). The Perlenbachtal runs in a north-westerly direction to Rehau , where Perlenbach and Höllbach unite to form Schwesnitz. Other smaller tributaries are the Hussitenbächlein , the Mähringsbach , the Bocksbach and the Potrasbach .

In 1412 the brook was referred to as "Gryna" and later as "Grünau". It got its name from the originally rich occurrence of the river pearl mussel . There is a legend about a pearl discovery about the name change. Between 1733 and 1952 officially appointed “pearl inspectors” based in the “ pearl house ” fished mussels and looked for pearls. This was initially a margravial and later a royal Bavarian privilege. Today the pearl mussel is almost extinct there too.

literature

  • Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 . P. 500f.
  • Dietmar Herrmann: The Perlenbach . In: The Seven Star . Issue 4/2015, p. 6.

Web links

Commons : Perlenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Complete table of the Bavarian water directory of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (XLS, 10.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Working group for local history in the Rehau school district ( Oskar Heland , among others): Between Eger and Regnitz - sagas and stories from the Rehau - Selb area . Selb / Schönwald 1973. pp. 19f.
  3. ↑ Brochure "Bavaria's UrInhabitants" (PDF; 2.7 MB)