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The Müglitz is a river, about long, and a left

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of the

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Repu ...

in the German state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

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It rises in the

Eastern Ore Mountains The Eastern Ore Mountains (german: Osterzgebirge) form a natural region of Saxony that covers the eastern part (in area almost the eastern half) of the Saxon Ore Mountains range. Together with the Western and Central Ore Mountains, it is part of ...

on the border between the German state of

and the

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near the demolished Bohemian village of (German: ''Böhmisch Müglitz'') from two headstreams: * The White Müglitz (german: Weiße Müglitz, cz, Mohelnice) rises near the border by the former village of (German: ''Vorderzinnwald'') and then forms the border stream with Saxony. * The Black Müglitz (german: Schwarze Müglitz, ''Schwarzbach'', ''Sörnitz'' or ''Sernitz'', cz, Černý potok) rises near the abandoned village of (Cz: ''Habartice'') and its middle reaches flow through the northern part of the Black Meadows (''Schwarzen Wiesen''; the color label refers to the boggy character of the land). The name ''Sörnitz'' comes from Slavic ''zornice'' 'mill stream'. During severe weather on 8 July 1927 the stream became a torrent that tore up the ground, changed its riverbed, and flowed down the valley as a

mud flow A mudflow or mud flow is a form of mass wasting involving fast-moving flow of debris that has become liquified by the addition of water. Such flows can move at speeds ranging from 3 meters/minute to 5 meters/second. Mudflows contain a significa ...

. From its source in the Haberfeld Forest (german: Haberfeldwald), the stream forms the state border for about . From the German village of (part of Altenberg), that lies only just below the confluence of the White and Black Müglitz, the Müglitz runs entirely on Saxon territory. It flows by several villages including (a district of Altenberg),

Glashütte Glashütte [] is a town in Saxony, Germany, known as the birthplace of the German watchmaking industry and has a population of about 7,000. Historically, it was first mentioned in a document circa 1445. In January 2008, the former municipality Re ...

Müglitztal Müglitztal is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Euro ...

, and

Dohna Dohna is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It is located south of Heidenau, in the Müglitz valley and lies at the northeastern foot of the Eastern Ore Mountains. It is accessed by the Pirna interchange ...

, before emptying into the

Heidenau Heidenau is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, 13 km southeast of Dresden (centre). In 2015, it became known for riots by local far-right forces ...

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* Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin d. ''Um Altenberg, Geising und Lauenstein.''

Werte der deutschen Heimat Werte der deutschen Heimat (literally "Values of the German Homeland") originally ''Werte der Deutschen Heimat'' and, between 1970 and 1990 called ''Werte unserer Heimat'', was a series of publications by former East German Academy of Sciences at B ...

, Band 7. Berlin 1964. * Martin Ernst & Manfred Stephan: ''Rezente Hochflutsedimente der Müglitz südlich Dresden (Erzgebirge, Sachsen) im Vergleich mit Sandsteinbänken der Erdgeschichte.'' Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins, Neue Folge, 89: 11–35, Stuttgart 2007. * Jürgen Helfricht: ''Wahre Geschichten um Sachsens schönstes Tal.'' Tauchaer Verlag, Taucha 2000, .

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The 2002 flood in the Müglitz valley
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muglitz Rivers of Saxony Climbing areas of Germany Rivers of the Ústí nad Labem Region Rivers of Germany

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