Zeitzbach

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Zeitzbach
Zeitz-Bach
Zeitzbach.jpg
Data
location in Thuringian Holzland in the Saale-Holzland district
River system Elbe
Drain over Roda  → Saale  → Elbe  → North Sea
source Forest area north of Hermsdorf
50 ° 54 ′ 39 ″  N , 11 ° 50 ′ 56 ″  E
Source height 315  m above sea level NN
muzzle At Stadtroda in the Roda coordinates: 50 ° 51 '57 "  N , 11 ° 43' 27"  E 50 ° 51 '57 "  N , 11 ° 43' 27"  E
Mouth height 194  m above sea level NN
Height difference 121 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length approx. 11.1 km
Catchment area approx. 30 km²
Small towns Stadtroda
Communities Grinding trips
Residents in the catchment area approx. 1080 (with Quirla and without Stadtroda and Hermsdorf )

The Zeitzbach is a tributary of the Roda in the Thuringian Holzland (Germany).

course

Most of it flows through the Zeitzgrund recreational area between Stadtroda and Hermsdorf in the Thuringian woodland . The railway line of the Central-Germany connection between Stadtroda and Gera was once laid through this narrow valley . Numerous wood sawmills and grain mills powered by water power were built in Zeitzgrund in the 19th century, many of which were converted to electric drives at the beginning of the 20th century and many of them have been converted into restaurants and accommodation since the 1970s .

Origin of name

There are two theories for the origin of the name, both of which are based on Slavic origin. On the one hand there is the meaning Žito (grain), which requires an unusual sound shift from ž to tz instead of s. The second theory derives the name from Upper Sorbian syćina , Lower Sorbian syse or the Polish sit ( rushes ), which would correspond better to the phonetic substitution rules.

Web links

Commons : Zeitzbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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).