The Sprotte is a left tributary of 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 ...
in East
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
.
The headwaters of the river come from three source streams, which begin west of
Crimmitschau
Crimmitschau () is a town in the district of Zwickau in Saxony, Germany.
Geography
Crimmitschau lies on the river Pleiße in the northern foothills of the Erzgebirge.
Neighboring municipalities
Adjacent communities include: Zwickau, Dennherit ...
and are as follows:
*The Western Sprotte, whose source is near
Rückersdorf
*The Middle ''
Heukewalde
Heukewalde is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land. It belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental.
Geography
Neighboring Municipalities
Communities near Heukewalde include: Jonaswalde, Poste ...
r'' Sprotte, which begins near
Nischwitz Nischwitz is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Andreas Nischwitz (born 1957), West German pair skater
*Margarete Nischwitz (1891–1979), German political activist and politician
*Ron Nischwitz (born 1937), American baseba ...
*The Eastern ''
Mannichswalder'' Sprotte
The western branch flows northwest and meets with the Heukewalder Sprotte near
Vollmershain
Vollmershain is a municipality in the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Oberes Sprottental in the Thuringian landkreis of Altenburger Land in Germany.
Geography
The town's site
The village of Vollmershain is located along 4 km of the Sprotte. Th ...
. Between
Posterstein
Posterstein is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land.
Geography
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities near Posterstein are Heukewalde, Löbichau, Nöbdenitz, and Vollmershain in the district of Altenburger L ...
and
Nöbdenitz
Nöbdenitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Schmölln.
Geography
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities near Nöbdenitz are Drogen, L ...
these flow into the Eastern Sprotte. Then the Sprotte flows northeast through the municipality of Nöbdenitz, then further through the city of
Schmölln
Schmölln is a town in Thuringia, Germany, landkreis of Altenburger Land. It lies on the river Sprotte.
Geography
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities in the district of Altenburger Land neighboring Schmölln include: Starkenberg, Dobitsche ...
to
Saara Saara may refer to:
Places
* Saara, Estonia, a village in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
* Saara, Greiz, a municipality in Thuringia, Germany
* Saara, Altenburger Land, a municipality in Thuringia, Germany
Other
* ''Saara'' (lizard), a genus of l ...
, where it meets 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 ...
.
The river is 25 km long (''Mannichswalder'' Sprotte). The Sprotte river valley partly follows the rail line from
Gera
Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of cit ...
to
Altenburg
Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...
as well as the
Bundesstraße 7
The Bundesstraße 7 (abbr. B7) is a German federal highway (Bundesstraße) that stretches from the Dutch border at Venlo in the West to Rochlitz near Chemnitz in the East. It is approximately long. Because of its western origin some stretches of ...
.
From its source to its mouth, the Sprotte travels 120 meters downhill (from 315 to 195 m above sea level).
See also
*
List of rivers of Thuringia
A list of rivers of Thuringia, Germany:
A
*Alster
* Apfelstädt
* Ascherbach
* Auma
B
* Biber
* Bibra
* Blambach
* Bode
* Breitenbach
*Breitstrom
D
*Dammbach
* Deube
* Dober
* Dürrbach
E
* Effelder
* Eichbach
* Ellenbach
*Eller
*Elschni ...
Notes
* The information in this article is based on and/or translated from its German equivalent.
References
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Rivers of Thuringia
Rivers of Germany