Pleißenbach
| Pleißenbach | ||
 The Pleißenbach in Chemnitz-Altendorf |
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| Water code | DE : 541894 | |
| location | Saxony , Germany | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| origin | In the municipality of Callenberg on the Langenberger Höhe north of Hohenstein-Ernstthal 50 ° 49 ′ 14 ″ N , 12 ° 43 ′ 39 ″ E |
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| muzzle | east of the castle pond in Chemnitz in the Chemnitz coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 42 ″ N , 12 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ E 50 ° 50 ′ 42 ″ N , 12 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ E
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| length | 20 km | |
The Pleißenbach is a left tributary of the Chemnitz in the Saxon district of Zwickau and the independent Saxon city of Chemnitz , Germany .
With its 20 km it is the longest tributary of the Chemnitz. For the first time in a document, the flowing water is mentioned with the words "daz wasser dy Plyßen" in 1402.
course
The Pleißenbach has its source in the municipality of Callenberg on the Langenberger Höhe . It rises in a wooded area south of the Callenberg district of Meinsdorf and north of the federal highway 4 and the city of Hohenstein-Ernstthal .
In the direction of flow to the northeast, the Pleißenbach first passes the districts of Pleißa and Kellers of the city of Limbach-Oberfrohna . After the Chemnitz district Röhrsdorf has been passed, the Pleißenbach continues to flow in the vicinity of the Chemnitz motorway junction towards the south parallel to the federal motorway 72 . It borders on the corridors of Chemnitz-Rabenstein and Chemnitz-Rottluff . Now the Pleißenbach runs again in an easterly direction through the Chemnitz districts of Rottluff and Altendorf .
In Chemnitz-Schloßchemnitz, the Pleißenbach feeds the Schlossteich before flowing into the Chemnitz east of the water.
