Weissbach (Roda)

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Weissbach
Data
location Germany , Thuringia , in the southeast of the Saale-Holzland district
River system Elbe
Drain over Roda  → Saale  → Elbe  → North Sea
Headwaters Forest near Rosendorf
50 ° 46 ′ 8 ″  N , 11 ° 46 ′ 42 ″  E
Source height approx.  386  m above sea level NN
muzzle Roda bei Lippersdorf Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 47 "  N , 11 ° 47 ′ 21"  E 50 ° 49 ′ 47 "  N , 11 ° 47 ′ 21"  E
Mouth height 222.6  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 163.4 m
Bottom slope approx. 17 ‰
length approx. 9.6 km
Catchment area approx. 29.9 km²
Residents in the catchment area approx. 710

The Weißbach is a left tributary of the Roda in Thuringia .

course

It rises near Rosendorf and flows further in the area of ​​the side valleys through the places Karlsdorf and Weißbach and flows into the Roda at Lippersdorf . Some of the valley villages are located in its catchment area .

Origin of name

The name is derived from the Old High German hwiz or the Middle High German wiz (white). As with all color names, this does not have to mean the color of the water. The color of the surrounding landscape or the bottom of the stream is more likely. No reliable statement can be made in this regard.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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).