Rossel (Elbe)
| Rossel | ||
 Rossel in Thießen |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | EN : 5398 | |
| location | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Elbe → North Sea | |
| source | between Köselitz and Grochewitz 51 ° 58 ′ 11 ″ N , 12 ° 26 ′ 58 ″ E |
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| Source height | 106 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | in Roßlau in the Elbe Coordinates: 51 ° 52 '54 " N , 12 ° 14' 13" E 51 ° 52 '54 " N , 12 ° 14' 13" E |
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| Mouth height | 56 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | 50 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2 ‰ | |
| length | 25 km | |
| Catchment area | 194 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
700 l / s |
| Medium-sized cities | Dessau-Rosslau | |
The Rossel is an approx. 25 km long right tributary of the Elbe in the area of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt . It has a catchment area of 194 km².
course
The Rossel is fed by several arms of the spring between Köselitz and Grochewitz and permanently carries water west of the A 9 motorway (Berlin – Munich). Trench profiles with temporary water flow are also available east of the A 9. The beginning of the flowing water is subject to seasonal and weather-related fluctuations. From the confluence of the Lehmitzbach, the Rossel is a first-order body of water over a length of 23 km ("body of water of considerable importance for water management"). It flows into the Elbe at Roßlau at river kilometer 257.84.
If the width is less than 5 m, the Rossel is classified as a brook .
The Rossel flows through the Fläming landscape in the area of the Wittenberg district and the city of Dessau-Roßlau .
During her run she touches the following places or districts:
Backwaters
At the Grochewitz mill, the Lehmitz or Lebonsbach flows into the Rossel on the left. In Meinsdorf, the Rossel takes on the Meinsdorfer Bach coming from the right. Various agricultural drainage ditches continue to direct their water into the Rossel.
Water morphology
The morphology of the Rossel is divided into several sections:
Above the Grochewitzer Mühle, the bed of the Rossel is mainly routed in expanded and straightened drainage channels. According to old maps, this expansion seems to have taken place before 1912. In the meadow area there is hardly any tree or bush growth on the bank.
From the Grochewitzer mill to the entrance to Mühlstedt, the Rossel has a very natural character in many areas. It flows in meanders through the meadows and woods. The shore zone is characterized by alder and willow vegetation. The river bed has been developed in the area of the former mills.
From Mühlstedt the Rossel is expanded again. The expansion ranges from straightening the course of the river to full expansion with bank walls (in the water tunnel and partly in the Roßlau urban area).
Traffic routes
The railway line Wiesenburg – Roßlau crosses the course of the Rossel between Thießen and Mühlstedt . Between Meinsdorf and Roßlau, the Rossel crosses in the water tunnel under the former Roßlau freight station with the Wiesenburg-Roßlau and Roßlau-Falkenberg / Elster railway lines . The mouth of the Rossel lies exactly under the Elbe bridge on the Trebnitz – Leipzig railway line .
When there is dog air, the Rossel crosses Landesstraße 121, the former Bundesstraße 187a . From Hundeluft to Roßlau, Landesstraße 120 runs parallel to the Rossel at some distance. In Roßlau the Rossel crosses under the federal road 187 . Shortly before the estuary, the Elbe bridge crosses the Rossel with the federal highway 184 .
Buildings
In Hundeluft there was a moated castle in the Middle Ages , of which only a few remains of the wall are left today. The dilapidated medieval Roßlau Castle was comprehensively renovated in 1836–38 in the neo-gothic-romantic zeitgeist.
There used to be twelve mills on the Rossel. Some are still used today as museums ( Kupferhammer Thießen , Hundeluft mill), guest houses (Buchholzmühle), senior citizens' residences (Roßlau official mill) or as event and meeting centers (Roßlau oil mill).
In my village of Rossel was the in the 1990s right on the shore Europadorf designed by architectural firms and construction companies from different European countries and built the houses in country-specific design.
Flood protection
Extreme floods in the upper reaches of the Rossel are not known. However, when the Elbe floods, lower areas of the Roßlau urban area were flooded several times due to backwater. A pumping station was therefore built between 2012 and 2014 at the crossing of the B 187, which serves as a flood dam in this area .
During the Elbe floods in 2002, it was planned and prepared to block the Rossel at the water tunnel below Meinsdorf and to use the meadows south of Meinsdorf as a retention area in order to prevent large areas of the Roßlau lower town from being flooded. However, this measure was not carried out because sufficient fire service pumps could be procured that were on the B 187 and pumped the water from the Rossel into the Elbe.
Historical events
On February 8, 1414, Hundeluft Castle was taken by Prince Albrecht von Zerbst after a brief siege. The robber barons Cuno and Godemar Walwitz fled to Dessau .
At the Elbe bridge , directly at the mouth of the Rossel, during the Thirty Years War on April 25, 1626, Protestant troops under Count Mansfeld met and were defeated by an imperial army under Wallenstein in the Battle of Dessau .
Others
Every year on Whit Monday the bathtub race takes place in Roßlau on the Rossel from the water tunnel to the Rossel promenade below the Amtsmühle.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Bergemann: Complete list of flowing waters in the Elbe catchment area . Authority for the Environment and Energy, Hamburg July 1, 2015 ( fgg-elbe.de [PDF; 802 kB ; accessed on November 29, 2015]).
- ↑ Water Act for the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Annex 1
- ↑ a b The Grochewitz watermill
- ↑ Mill Dog Air