Schlettenbach

	Schlettenbach
	The Schlettenbach between Marienberg and Dörfel
	Data
Water code	DE : 54268642
location	Saxony , Germany , Ore Mountains
River system	Elbe
Drain over	Rote Pockau → Schwarze Pockau → Flöha → Zschopau → Freiberger Mulde → Mulde → Elbe → North Sea
Headwaters	on the western edge of the Marienberg plateau at Wüstenschlette ; 50 ° 38 ′ 22 ″ N , 13 ° 8 ′ 22 ″ E
Source height	approx. 640 m above sea level NN
muzzle	near Pobershau in the Rote Pockau coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 8 ″ N , 13 ° 12 ′ 14 ″ E 50 ° 39 ′ 8 ″ N , 13 ° 12 ′ 14 ″ E;
length	7.2 km
Catchment area	21.9 km²
Small towns	Marienberg

The Schlettenbach is a 6.5 kilometer long tributary of the Roten Pockau in the Ore Mountains .

course

It rises at a height of about 640 m above sea level. NN on the western edge of the Marienberg plateau south of the road to Großrückerswalde , flows through Marienberg and the district of Hüttengrund to the east . With several tributaries it drains the western part of the approximately 42 square kilometers of the plateau and flows into the Rote Pockau after leaving the Hüttengrund district at the northern exit of Pobershau .

Tributaries

Seilerbach with the old rafts (r)
Moosbach (l)
Lautenbach (l)
Toothenbach (l)

Flood

The catchment area, which is relatively large in relation to the short run length, means that the water level rises sharply within a short time when there is heavy rainfall. A regional storm on July 5, 1999, which brought almost 150 mm of heavy rain in less than 2 hours , with the center of the greatest precipitation only about 3.5 km ² , caused devastating damage in the district of Hüttengrund. As a result, large parts of the Reitzenhain – Flöha railway line running there were washed away or torn away.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Map of the Saxony water balance portal
↑ Uwe Büttner, Petra Walther: Flood in Saxony in the last ten years . The flood on July 5th / 6th, 1999 in the area of the Schwarzen Pockau. In: Hydraulic communications . tape 35 , 2007, p. 14-17 ( PDF; 34.3 MB ).

literature

Between Wolkenstein, Marienberg and Jöhstadt (= values of our homeland . Volume 41). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1985, pp. 95f.

Web links

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

[Wasserhaushaltsportal-1] Map of the Saxony water balance portal

[2] Uwe Büttner, Petra Walther: Flood in Saxony in the last ten years . The flood on July 5th / 6th, 1999 in the area of the Schwarzen Pockau. In: Hydraulic communications . tape 35 , 2007, p. 14-17 ( PDF; 34.3 MB ).