Leina is a river of
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 lar ...
,
Germany
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. It flows into the
Hörsel
The Hörsel () is a long river in Thuringia, Germany, right tributary of the Werra. It is formed by the confluence of two smaller rivers in Leinatal, at the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest. The Hörsel flows generally northwest through the ...
in the village
Leina.
Description
The Leina river has its source at Leinaborn in the
Thuringian Forest
The Thuringian Forest (''Thüringer Wald'' in German), is a mountain range in the southern parts of the German state of Thuringia, running northwest to southeast. Skirting from its southerly source in foothills to a gorge on its north-west side i ...
. After about 2.5 kilometres the course of the stream is dammed by the Brandleiteteich pond - an early modern mining and smelting complex was located here in the 15th century .
Further tributaries in the Finsterbergen meadow significantly strengthen the stream. Therefore in the Leinengrund area, there were about five sawmills and hammer mills over a distance of four kilometres. A weir created in the 14'th century diverts most of its water into the Leina Canal. The Leina itself flows as Wilde Leina (also known as Kleine Leina) in its original river bed as far as Schönau vor dem Walde, a short distance from the Leina Canal. At the confluence with the Altenwasser in the village of Leina, the Wilde Leina becomes the Hörsel.
Tributaries
The following river are tributaries of the Leina.
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Geopfaden
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See also
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List of rivers of Thuringia
References
Rivers of Thuringia
Rivers of Germany
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