Wieratal
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ N , 12 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E
The Wieratal comprises a rural area in the border area between Saxony and Thuringia . The valley gets its name from the Wiera brook , a tributary of the Pleiße . From April 1, 1992 until its dissolution on July 6, 2018, there was the administrative community Wieratal , whose tasks were then taken over by the municipality of Nobitz .
Location and course of the river
The Wieratal area lies between Altenburg in the north-west and the towns of Waldenburg and Penig on the Zwickauer Mulde in the south-east. In its north are the Leinawald and the Schömbach dam . It extends over 54 square kilometers.
The sources of the Wiera are located near Oberwiera . After the stream has flowed through the villages of Niederwiera, Röhrsdorf, Engertsdorf , Frohnsdorf and Langenleuba-Niederhain , it flows into the Schömbach dam. From the outflow from the dam, the stream continues to flow to the Pleiße under the name Wyhra .
Villages of the Wieratales
Along the river
- in the municipality of Oberwiera : Oberwiera, Niederwiera , Röhrsdorf
- in the municipality of Nobitz : Heiersdorf , Engertsdorf , Frohnsdorf , Wiesebach
- Langenleuba-Niederhain
In the catchment area of the Wiera
- in the community of Schönberg : Pfaffroda , Breitenbach
- in the municipality of Oberwiera: Harthau , Neukirchen , Wickersdorf
- as a district of Waldenburg : Swabia
- in the municipality of Nobitz : Oberarnsdorf , Zumroda , Gähsnitz , Niederarnsdorf , Ziegelheim , Uhlmannsdorf
- in the community of Göpfersdorf : Göpfersdorf, Garbisdorf
- in the municipality of Langenleuba-Niederhain: Beiern , Buscha
To the east of the Schömbach dam
Worth seeing
- Wiesebacher bridge over the valley floor (330 m long, 17 m high, with 16 arches and an intense curvature that is unique in Europe , railway traffic was discontinued in 1995)
- Leinawald with the Penigberg (216 m)
- Schömbach dam