Wethau (Saale)

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Wethau
Wetha, Wiethe
The Wethau in Wettaburg

The Wethau in Wettaburg

Data
Water code EN : 5652
location east of the middle Saale valley in the Saale-Holzland district
River system Elbe
Drain over Saale  → Elbe  → North Sea
source near Bürgel , southern outskirts of Hohendorf
50 ° 57 ′ 32 ″  N , 11 ° 46 ′ 17 ″  E
Source height approx.  330  m above sea level NN
muzzle at Schönburg in the Saale Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '30 "  N , 11 ° 51' 43"  E 51 ° 9 '30 "  N , 11 ° 51' 43"  E
Mouth height 100.1  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 229.9 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.7 ‰
length approx. 30 km
Catchment area 238.1 km²
Discharge at the Mertendorf
A Eo gauge : 205 km²
Location: 8 km above the mouth 		NNQ (17.09.1964)
MNQ 1963–2014
MQ 1963–2014
Mq 1963–2014
 MHQ 1963–2014
HHQ (13.04.1994) 		150 l / s
361 l / s
1 m³ / s
4.9 l / (s km²)
 11.4 m³ / s
30.6 m³ / s
Left tributaries Biele, Mönchsbach (Wethau), Seidewitzer Bach, Ritschkebach (Wethau), Meyhengraben, Neidschützer Bach, Bielgraben
Right tributaries Oberer Steinbach , Leinewehbach , Unterer Steinbach, Schoppbach, Nautschke
Small towns Schkölen , Naumburg
Communities Hainspitz , Petersberg , Utenbach , Wethau , Schönburg

The Wethau , in dialect Wiethe , is a right tributary of the Saale . It rises in the Saale-Holzland district ( Thuringia ) and flows into the Burgenland district ( Saxony-Anhalt ).

Origin of name

The river name is derived from the Middle High German wêt ( woad - outdated for hunting ) and the appendix -au .

course

The headwaters of the Wethau are located in the Thuringian Saale-Holzland district west of the city of Eisenberg . It rises in Hohendorf near Bürgel and flows above Petersberg together with a tributary that rises south of Hainspitz . From there it flows northwards via Kämmeritz , Hainchen and Zschorgula , crosses the state border with Saxony-Anhalt , and flows through the places Seiselitz , Utenbach , Cauerwitz , Großgestewitz , Wettaburg , Wetterscheid, Mertendorf and Wethau . It flows south of the town of Schönburg into the Saale .

The Wethau valley

The surrounding landscape of the Wethau is referred to as the Wethautal when you leave the woodland. This also includes places that are not directly on the Wethau. The Wethau valley is bordered by the heathland in the east and the Molauer Platte in the west and merges into the Saale valley .

The Wethautal is named for the amalgamation of the surrounding communities to form the administrative communities Wethautal in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia .

The Wethau mills

Neumühle near Schönburg

In the past, numerous water mills were operated on the Wethau. Some of the mills have been preserved and are used as residential buildings.

  • Mühle Hainspitz - east of Hainspitz , disappeared
  • Petersberg Mill - in the village of Petersberg , used as a residential building
  • Stüntzmühle - northwest of Tbodla , was used as a holiday home in the meantime
  • Dothener Mühle - east of Dothen , still available
  • Kämmeritz - in the village of Kämmeritz, converted into the Christian aftercare facility Holzmühle Kämmeritz
  • Krebsmühle - Kämmeritz, near Schkölen
  • Zschorgula Mill - in Zschorgula , used as a residential building
  • Seusslitzmühle - east of Seiselitz , disappeared
  • Utenbach Mill - in Utenbach , used as a residential building
  • Mühle Cauerwitz - location not known
  • Steinmühle - Großgestewitz, location not known
  • Beuditz mill - two water mills, location not known
  • Wettaburgsche Mühle - Wettaburg, stood on today's sports field
  • Herrenmühle - is located between Wettaburg and Wetterscheid, there is a feed trade in it that was closed in 2011
  • Mertendorf Mill - location unknown
  • Bachmühle Wethau - in the village of Wethau , used as a residential building
  • Kroppenmühle or Koppenmühle - 500 meters above the Neumühle
  • Neumühle - in Schönburg, at the end of the Kroppental

Web links

Commons : Wethau (river)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thuringian State Institute for the Environment (ed.): Area and waterway key figures (directory and map). Jena 1998. 26 pp.
  2. ↑ German Hydrological Yearbook Elbe Region, Part I 2014. (PDF) State Office for Flood Protection and Water Management Saxony-Anhalt, p. 187 , accessed on November 3, 2018 (from: lhw.sachsen-anhalt.de).
  3. ↑ Elfriede Ulbricht: The river basin of the Thuringian Saale . 1st edition. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1957.

Remarks

  1. ↑ List still incomplete.