The Eula is a tributary of the River

Wyhra The Wyhra (in its upper course: ''Wiera'') is a river of Saxony and Thuringia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Pleiße, which it joins near Lobstädt. See also *List of rivers of Saxony *List of rivers of Thuringia A list of rivers o ...

in northwestern

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. It has a length of and a catchment area of about .HWSK Whyra / Eula im RB Leipzig
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Course

The Eula rises in the Eulawäldchen ("Little Eula Wood") south of the

Geithain Geithain is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. Geography Geithain is northwest of Chemnitz and southeast of Leipzig. It lies in hilly country by the wooded area Wickershain and the river Eula. History The first documented men ...

parish of Wickershain. It crosses the municipality of Geithain, flowing through the

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of ''Oberfürstenteich''. Beyond Geithain it collects the Salzbach from the left and the Kalkbach from the right. After passing through Niedergräfenhain, Frauendorf and Hermsdorf it reaches Prießnitz. Here it is joined from the right by the Frankenheimer Bach and the Little (''Kleine'') Eula. Next it flows through Flößberg and Beucha to

Kitzscher Kitzscher () is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. Geography Kitzscher is situated in the Leipziger Tieflandsbucht, at the perimeter of the Central Saxon Hills. The town is situated 6 km northeast of Borna, and 24 km ...

, collecting the Heinersdorfer Bach and Steingrundbach before reaching Beucha. Whilst the Eula has been straightened for long stretches, there is a near natural reach between Beucha and Kitzscher with

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s and kolks. After collecting the Jordanbach in Kitzscher it turns from its hitherto predominantly northwesterly course to head in a southwestern to western direction. Flowing past (a parish of Kitzscher), (a parish of Kitzscher) and (a parish of Borna), where since 2009Anforderung der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie an die Entwicklung der Gewässer – Prozess der Maßnahmenumsetzung in Sachsen
Landesdirektion Leipzig, Oktober 2011, Auf: iws.htwk-leipzig.de (pdf; 9.8 MB) it has once more flowed for half a kilometre on its old, winding river bed, the river passes under the B 95 federal road. It then continues between Haubitz and the and after empties near Großzössen into the

, which then reaches its confluence with the

Pleiße The Pleiße is a river of Saxony and Thuringia, Germany. The Pleiße has its source southwest of Zwickau at Ebersbrunn, then flows through Werdau, Crimmitschau, Altenburg, and other towns and villages in Saxony and Thuringia, before flowing fr ...

after just two more kilometres.

Tributaries

* Salzbach * Kalkbach * Frankenheimer Bach * Kleine Eula * Heinersdorfer Bach * Steingrundbach * Jordanbach

Villages on the Eula

* Wickershain (Geithain) * Geithain * Niedergräfenhain (Geithain) * Frauendorf (

Frohburg Frohburg is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 11 km northeast of Altenburg, and 34 km southeast of Leipzig. It includes the village of Flößberg and the town Kohren-Sahlis. History Frohburg castle w ...

) * Hermsdorf (Frohburg) * Prießnitz (Frohburg) * Flößberg (Frohburg) * Beucha (

Bad Lausick Bad Lausick () is a town in the Leipzig (district), Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km southwest of Grimma, and 29 km southeast of Leipzig. History Middle Ages to 18th century In 1096 Bad Lausick was mention ...

) * Kitzscher * Braußwig (Kitzscher) * Dittmannsdorf (Kitzscher) * Eula (Borna) * Haubitz (Borna) * Großzössen (

Neukieritzsch Neukieritzsch is a municipality in the Leipzig (district), Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. On 1 April 2008, the former municipality of Lobstädt was incorporated into Neukieritzsch. On 1 July 2014, the former municipality of Deutzen was in ...

)

References

External links

* River description by the Leipzig Angling Union for th
upper reaches
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of the Eula. Rivers of Saxony Rivers of Germany {{Saxony-river-stub