Silberbach (Eger)

Silberbach
View from Neuhaus ad Eger over the Egertal to the Silberbachtal with the village of Silberbach
Data
location	District of Wunsiedel , Bavaria
River system	Eger
Drain over	Eger  → Elbe  → North Sea
River basin district	Elbe
source	Silberbrunnen on the Großer Hengstberg, Fichtelgebirge 50 ° 8 ′ 7 ″  N , 12 ° 11 ′ 12 ″  E
Source height	565  m above sea level NN
muzzle	at the Hirschsprung in the Eger Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 21 ″  N , 12 ° 9 ′ 36 ″  E 50 ° 7 ′ 21 ″  N , 12 ° 9 ′ 36 ″  E
Mouth height	525  m above sea level NN
Height difference	40 m
Bottom slope	20 ‰
length	2 km

The Silberbach is a 2.7 kilometer long brook that names the scattered village Silberbach bei Selb , in the district of Wunsiedel , Bavaria .

course

The stream rises in the Silberbrunnen at the northern foot of the Großer Hengstberg in the Fichtelgebirge , flows through the village of Silberbach and flows into the Eger on the left opposite the Hirschsprungfelsen .

Surname

The name Silberbach is probably based on the 'cat silver', the leaching of mica from the local granite rock.

history

A first documentary mention was made in 1499 in the land register of the six offices on the occasion of a border description in the area of ​​the Selber forest .

fauna

• Mainly spruce forest, old beech trees on the Großer Hengstberg.
• Nature reserves on the Hengstberg and the Eger.

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Singer : The land book of the six offices from 1499 ; District of Wunsiedel 1987
• Seidel, Gerhard: The nine judges' offices in the city administration and six offices in Wunsiedel 1673-1683 . 58th Report of the North Upper Franconian Association for Nature, History and Regional Studies eV , Hof 2010
• Saalfrank, Hans: At the silver fountain near Selb; in: Der Siebenstern 1950, p. 85
• Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 .