Zwittebach
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Zwittebach Svitávka |
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 The Svitávka on the Death Stone |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | CZ : 1-14-03-039 | |
| location | Czech Republic , Saxony | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Ploučnice → Elbe → North Sea | |
| Headwaters | west of Jonsdorf am Hohlstein on the southern slope of the Buchberg 50 ° 51 ′ 11 ″ N , 14 ° 40 ′ 27 ″ E |
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| Source height | 505 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | at Brenná in the Ploučnice coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 36 " N , 14 ° 37 ′ 31" E 50 ° 39 ′ 36 " N , 14 ° 37 ′ 31" E |
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| Mouth height | 253 m nm | |
| Height difference | 252 m | |
| Bottom slope | 6.7 ‰ | |
| length | 37.4 km | |
| Catchment area | 132.5 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
1.16 m³ / s |
The Zwittebach ( Svitávka in Czech ) is a right tributary of the Ploučnice (Polzen) in Germany and the Czech Republic .
course
It has its source in the Zittau Mountains west of Jonsdorf am Hohlstein on the southern slope of the 651.6 meter high Buchberg . The Zwittebach flows south; 300 meters northwest of the Falkenstein climbing rock on the German and Krkavčí Kameny (Rabenstein) on the Czech side, it crosses the border on the Lauschehochmoor.
On the Svitávka in the Lusatian Mountains are the places Dolní Světlá (Niederlichtenwalde), Mařenice (Großmergthal) and Mařeničky (Kleinmergthal), where the Hamerský potok (Hammerbach) flows. Below the river is dammed in two small reservoirs and then the Zwittebach flows through Kunratice u Cvikova (Kunnersdorf). The Boberský potok (Boberbach) coming from Cvikov (Zwickau ) flows into Lindava (Lindenau) .
The section of the river between Svitava (Zwitte), Velenice (Wellnitz) and Nové Zákupy (New Reichstadt) is bordered by sandstone cliffs in which artificial caves have been built and on which the ruins of Velenice Castle are located.
The most important place on the river is the city of Zákupy (Imperial City ). The Svitávka still flows through Božíkov (Götzdorf) and flows into the Ploučnice after about 38 kilometers above Heřmaničky (Hermsdorf), six kilometers southeast of Česká Lípa .
particularities
At the end of the 19th century there were plans to continue the Zittau narrow-gauge railway in the valleys of the Zwittebach and Woberbach to Svor (Röhrsdorf).
In Lindava and Zákupy the stream has been straightened considerably. Its water quality is impaired by sewage.
Tributaries
- Krompašský potok (l), in Juliovka
- Hamerský potok (r), in Mařeničky
- Boberský potok (r), in Lindava