The Polenz is the right-hand, smaller headstream of the
Lachsbach
The Lachsbach, also called the Rathmannsdorfer Bach, is a river of Saxony, Germany. It is the largest, right-hand tributary of the Elbe in Saxon Switzerland.
Geography
The Lachsbach is formed by the merger of its headstreams, the Sebnitz (river) ...
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 ...
. Its lower course flows through the western
Elbe Sandstone Mountains
The Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe Sandstone Highlands (german: Elbsandsteingebirge; cs, Děčinská vrchovina), are a mountain range straddling the border between the state of Saxony in southeastern Germany and the North Bohemian ...
in a
canyon
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
-like valley.
Geography
The Polenz rises from nine springs on the German-Czech border between the villages of
Langburkersdorf and (Neudörfel). The springs are located southwest of the 461 m high Roubený (Raupenberg) mainly on German territory and unite at a height of 363 m above sea level. The upper reaches of the Polenz form the natural boundary between the forest land and the
Saxon Switzerland
Saxon Switzerland (german: Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it forms the Elbe Sands ...
.
Tributaries
The most important tributaries of the Polenz are the:
* Laubbach, Langburkersdorf
* Schluckenbach, Neustadt in Sachsen
* Lohbach, Neustadt in Sachsen
* Flemigbach, Polenz
* Rückersdorfer Bach, below Polenz
* Cunnersdorfer Bach, by the Bock Mill
* Goldflüßchen, at the Heeselicht Mill
* Bärenhohlflüßchen, above the Rußig Mill
* Schindergraben, at Hockstein
* Tiefergrundbach, at the Frinzthal Mill
See also
*
List of rivers of Saxony
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
{{Commons category, Polenz (river), Polenz
Rivers of Saxony
Bodies of water of Saxon Switzerland
Hohnstein
Neustadt in Sachsen
Rivers of Germany