Trebnitz (river)
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Trebnitz Trebnitzbach |
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.jpg) The Trebnitz not far from the Upper Trebnitzmühle |
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| Water code | DE : 537188 | |
| location | Osterzgebirge , Saxony , Germany | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Müglitz → Elbe → North Sea | |
| source | east of Liebenau 50 ° 47 ′ 58 ″ N , 13 ° 52 ′ 12 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in Oberschlottwitz in the Müglitz Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '10 " N , 13 ° 48' 51" E 50 ° 52 '10 " N , 13 ° 48' 51" E
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| length | 11.9 km | |
The Trebnitz is an 11.9 km long tributary of the Müglitz in the Eastern Ore Mountains .
course
It rises northeast of Liebenau at an altitude of approx. 580 meters and flows through the Trebnitzgrund until it finally flows into the Müglitz in Oberschlottwitz (near Schlottwitz ) at an altitude of approx. 260 meters.
Surname
The name Trebnitz is of Slavic origin and goes back to the Old Sorbian word " drevo ", which means "tree". The name Trebnitz can thus be interpreted as "Waldbach".
Natural space
The predominantly deep (sometimes up to 150 meters) and narrowly incised Trebnitzgrund offered no space for permanent settlements, so that the Trebnitz is one of the longest unobstructed streams in Saxony today.
The valley corresponds to a kerbsohlental , with the floodplain being up to several dozen meters wide in sections. Due to the use of arable land on the surrounding plateaus, rainfalls and melting snow in the past centuries led to the flushing of topsoil into the originally block-rich valley floodplain. This formed a floodplain that was used as grassland in the wider valley areas until the 20th century. In the meantime, this use has largely been abandoned due to a lack of economic efficiency. In the last few decades, a near-natural stream floodplain forest has developed in the valley floor, which includes alder, ash and aspens in particular. In spring, wood anemones, spring flat peas, yellow anemones and pelvic root bloom here. The typical summer plants include, above all, nutrient-loving tall perennials such as the akeleiblättrige rue, meadowsweet, red butterbur and goatee.
The steep valley slopes in sections are interspersed with extensive gneiss blocks at the foot of the slope. On the slopes of the valley there are various hardwood forest communities formed by sycamore maple, sycamore elm, ash, hornbeam, linden, sessile and pedunculate oak and norway maple. Representatives of the hillside flora are also wild garlic, golden nettle, hollow lark's spur, lungwort, moon violet, forest and wood violets.
The river itself is a habitat for a diverse range of small animal fauna, u. a. with stone and caddis fly larvae, as well as for brown trout and western groups. The fire salamander is also at home here, as are the dipper and the gray wagtail. The forests are home to numerous songbirds, various types of woodpecker as well as goshawks, sparrowhawks and tawny owls.
The lower reaches of the Trebnitz, with an area of 41 hectares, have been protected as a nature reserve since 1961 (register no. D49) due to the valuable deciduous slope forests, the brook floodplain areas and the early flowering flora. The entire valley including ancillary areas is also protected with an area of 248 hectares as an FFH area (No. 041E).
literature
- Green League Osterzgebirge: Trebnitzgrund nature reserve. Dippoldiswalde 2015
