Pigeon (river)
| Dove | ||
 Pigeon at Aken |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | EN : 5692 | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Saale → Elbe → North Sea | |
| source | between Dessau and Raguhn 51 ° 44 ′ 51 ″ N , 12 ° 15 ′ 43 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 70 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | at Barby in the Saale coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 2 ″ N , 11 ° 55 ′ 3 ″ E 51 ° 57 ′ 2 ″ N , 11 ° 55 ′ 3 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 50 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | approx. 20 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.45 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 44 km | |
The dove is a right tributary of the Saale in Saxony-Anhalt , which south of the Elbe in the Mosigkauer Heide at Dessau , southwest of the local part Möst the town Raguhn-Jeßnitz (in FFH area " Pigeon sources and floodplain at Möst"), springs .
It flows into the Saale shortly before the mouth of the Saale at Barby .
Origin of name
The name comes from the Old High German toub or the Middle High German toup. This means deaf, empty, void, worthless but also sluggish - which means that a slowly flowing stream can be assumed.
Web links
Commons : Taube-Landgraben - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Map of the source area at OpenStreetMap
Individual evidence
- ↑ The old Saale, which otherwise has no notable tributary, is now assigned to the pigeon according to hydrology , as is the ditch there
- ↑ Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Area Taube-Quellen and floodplain area near Möst (accessed on December 27, 2009)
- ↑ http://neu.aken-regional.de/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=333 (accessed on July 30, 2015)
- ↑ Elfriede Ulbricht: The river basin of the Thuringian Saale. A name-based investigation (= German-Slavic research on naming and settlement history. No. 2, ISSN 0070-3893 ). Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1957, (at the same time: Leipzig, University, dissertation, 1954).