Schafau (Lossa)
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Schafau Wilder Graben (in Kölleda), Frauenbach (Unterlauf) |
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| location | Sömmerda district , Thuringia , Germany | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Lossa → Unstrut → Saale → Elbe → North Sea | |
| source | east of Schafau 51 ° 11 ′ 27 ″ N , 11 ° 24 ′ 14 ″ E |
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| Source height | 267 m | |
| muzzle | north-east of Frohndorf , a district of the district town of Sömmerda Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '14 " N , 11 ° 11' 40" E 51 ° 10 '14 " N , 11 ° 11' 40" E |
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| Mouth height | 137 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | 130 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 7.6 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 17.1 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Bachra dam | |
| Small towns | Rastenberg - (OT Bachra and Schafau), Kölleda | |
| Communities | Administrative community Kölleda | |
The Schafau is a 17 km long right tributary of the Lossa in the Sömmerda district in Central East Thuringia ( Germany ).
course
The Schafau rises not far from the source of the Lossa, on the state border with Saxony-Anhalt in the Finn near Schafau . At the junction of some of the source streams, it turns in a westerly direction and reaches the Bachra dam. After leaving the reservoir, it reaches the village of Bachra , continues to flow to Ostramondra and Backleben . Now the Schafau has reached the largest place on its course, the small town of Kölleda , where it is also known as Wilder Graben , and flows through the northern and western outskirts. After leaving the city of Kölleda it bears the name Frauenbach and flows as this to the Lossa near Frohndorf .
Water quality
The upper reaches of the Schafau are classified as lightly polluted ( water quality class II), the middle and lower reaches as critically polluted (water quality class II-III).