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Elstermühlgraben
The Elstermühlgraben (litt.: ''Elster mill race'' or ''Elster mill ditch'') is an approximately long, now partially underground mill race, mill canal in the city of Leipzig, Germany, which has existed as an artificial tributary of the White Elster for more than 800 years. Course In its current, repeatedly corrected course, the Elstermühlgraben originates as a right-hand branch of the Elster flood channel, shortly before it receives the White Elster coming from the left and flows into the Elster basin at the Palmengarten weir. It initially flows in a northeasterly direction towards the Leipzig-Mitte, city center, then forms a knee at the level of the street called Ranstädter Steinweg (which it passes under) and continues to flow in a northwesterly direction between Waldstraßenviertel and Rosental back to the White Elster, before finally flowing back into it. The northern part of the Mühlgraben follows the bed of the old Elster. Bridges The Peterssteg at the beginning of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldstraßenviertel
Waldstraßenviertel (English: Forest Street Quarter/Neighbourhood), is a neighbourhood in the north west of Leipzig, Leipzig's borough Leipzig-Mitte, Mitte in Saxony, Germany. It is considered one of the largest complete areas of Gründerzeit buildings in Europe and is therefore considered of important cultural and heritage status. Many of its buildings are therefore protected or listed. Statistics On 30 June 2023, the neighbourhood Waldstrassenviertel which correlates with the subdivision of ''Zentrum-Nordwest'' counts 10,878 inhabitants. It covers an area of . History Originally this area was forest and grassland. Slavs, Slavic settlements probably arose very early in the White Elster, Elster and Pleiße, Pleisse areas. The Via Regia, along today's Ranstädter Steinweg and Jahnallee, was an old trade route that was protected by royal privileges. Hiberno-Scottish mission, Hiberno-Scottish missionaries used the Via Regia as early as the 7th century and founded the St. Jacob' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
