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Preßnitz
The Preßnitz () is a right-hand tributary of the Zschopau River in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany and in the Czech Republic. It rises in the Bohemian part of the Ore Mountains near Horní Halže. Course The upper section of the Preßnitz, through the mining areas of Mezilesí to its confluence with the stream Hammerbach from Dolina, was formerly known as the ''Hammerlebach''. Along the rest of the Preßnitz as it flows northwards are the old mining town of Přísečnice, which was blown up in 1973 along with the neighbouring villages of Rusová and Dolina, in order to dam the Preßnitz at that point and form a reservoir. In 1976, the Přisečnice Reservoir was completed. At the first village in Saxony that the Preßnitz flows through, Schmalzgrube, it is joined by the Schwarzwasser stream from Jöhstadt. Above the town of Wolkenstein the Preßnitz finally discharges into the Zschopau. Industry Due to the iron ore deposits in the area there were many hammer m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwarzwasser (Preßnitz)
The Schwarzwasser () is a river in Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Saxony (Germany). It is a left tributary of the Preßnitz, which it joins near Jöhstadt. See also *List of rivers of Saxony *List of rivers of the Czech Republic This is a list of rivers of the Czech Republic. Naming conventions Czech language distinguishes between large (river; in Czech '' řeka'') and small (stream, creek, brook; in Czech '' potok'') watercourses. River names are mostly self-standing on ... Rivers of Saxony Rivers of the Ústí nad Labem Region Rivers of the Ore Mountains Rivers of Germany International rivers of Europe {{ÚstíNadLabem-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Přísečnice
Přísečnice () was a mining town in what is today the municipality of Kryštofovy Hamry in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It was located in the Ore Mountains. Name The town got its Czech name from the Preßnitz, stream of the same name that flowed through it. The German name was created by distortion of the Czech name. Another possible origin of the town's name is the Czech hydronym ''breznica''. History The origins of the town are unclear. The surrounding area had been used by people in prehistory, but the oldest known archaeological evidence of medieval inhabitance in the area was a pyrotechnical object from the turn of the thirteenth century, this was located about 1.5 kilometers southeast of the town. Přísečnice once sat on an important trade route from Saxony to Bohemia. The road to Bohemia spanned from Saxon Zwickau via Schlettau to Přísečnice, from where two branches continued into the Bohemian interior; the first spanned via Domašín, Louch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pressnitz Valley Railway
The Pressnitz Valley Railway (German: ''Preßnitztalbahn'') was a narrow gauge railway line in Saxony, Germany. It used to climb from Wolkenstein on the standard gauge Annaberg-Buchholz–Flöha railway through the valley of river Preßnitz (Czech: ''Přísečnice'') to Jöhstadt on the border with Bohemia. It was dismantled in the second half of the 1980s, however the Steinbach - Jöhstadt section was rebuilt as a museum railway after the fall of communism in East Germany. History Construction started in 1891 and the railway was opened on 1 June 1892. In May 1893 the line was extended to the border with Bohemia. There were several projects to connect the line to Bohemian standard gauge lines, with the aim of enabling the importation of lignite from the Most Basin. However, the proposed link with border station at Reitzenhain on the Chomutov–Reitzenhain and Reitzenhain–Flöha railway lines was rejected, as well as plans to build an extension to the Chomutov–Vejprty/R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Saxony
A list of rivers of Saxony, Germany: A * Alte Luppe B * Bahra * Bahre * Batschke * Bauerngraben * Biela * Black Elster * Black Pockau * Bobritzsch * Borlasbach * Brunndöbra * Burgauenbach C *Chemnitz * Colmnitzbach * Cunnersdorfer Wasser D * Dahle * Döllnitz E * Eastern Rietzschke *Elbe * Eula F * Fällbach * Feilebach * Fleißenbach * Flöha * Freiberger Mulde * Friesenbach G * Geberbach * Gimmlitz * Goldbach * Göltzsch * Gösel * Gottleuba * Greifenbach * Große Bockau * Große Lößnitz * Große Mittweida * Große Pyra * Große Röder * Großschweidnitzer Wasser * Gruna * Grundwasser H * Hammerbach * Haselbach * Helfenberger Bach * Hoyerswerdaer Schwarzwasser J * Jahna * Jahnabach * Jauer K * Kabelske * Käbnitz * Kaitzbach * Kaltenbach * Kemmlitzbach * Keppbach * Ketzerbach * Kirnitzsch * Kleine Bockau * Kleine Luppe * Kleine Pleiße * Kleine Pyra * Kleine Röder, tributary of the Black Elster * Kleine Röder, tributary of the Große Röder * Kleine Spree * Kleine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolkenstein (Erzgebirge)
Wolkenstein is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the river Zschopau, 22 km southeast of Chemnitz. The town is situated on a rocky spur near the confluence of the Zschopau and Preßnitz rivers. Its name is derived from the eponymous castle which is situated ca. 70 m above the river, and whose name signifies a rock that rises into the clouds. Aside from the town itself, Wolkenstein consists of the following subdivisions: Warmbad is a spa town known for its hot spring with a variety of medicinal uses. History A Herrschaft Wolkenstein is mentioned in 1262. The town itself was first mentioned in 1293, and was originally called an "oppidum" in 1323. A school was first recorded in 1385. From 1378, Wolkenstein was the seat of the noble family of Waldenburg. After they died out in 1473, it reverted to the House of Wettin. At the same time, mining started again in the area. The Protestant Reformation was introd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ore Mountains
The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at above Normalnull, sea level and the Fichtelberg in Germany at . The Ore Mountains have been intensively reshaped by human intervention and a diverse cultural landscape has developed. Mining in particular, with its tips, dams, ditches and sinkholes, directly shaped the landscape and the habitats of plants and animals in many places. The region was also the setting of the earliest stages of the Early modern period, early modern transformation of mining and metallurgy from a craft to a large-scale industry, a process that preceded and enabled the later Industrial Revolution. The higher altitudes from around 500 m above sea level on the German side belong to the Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Parkthe largest of its kind in Germany with a length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kryštofovy Hamry
Kryštofovy Hamry () is a municipality and village in Chomutov District Chomutov District () is a district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Chomutov. Administrative division Chomutov District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended ... in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Administrative division Kryštofovy Hamry consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Kryštofovy Hamry (129) *Černý Potok (31) *Mezilesí (2) *Rusová (0) The former town of Přísečnice was also located in what is today the territory of Kryštofovy Hamry. Etymology Kryštofovy Hamry means literally "Kryštof's (Christopher's) hammer mills". The village is named after Christopher (Kryštof) Grad of Grünberg, who founded here a hammer mill and named him after St. Christopher. Geography Kryštofovy Hamry is located about west o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mining Town
A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry. Historical mining communities Australia * Ballarat, Victoria * Bendigo, Victoria * Kalgoorlie, Western Australia * Menzies, Western Australia Austria-Hungary Austrian Lands * Idrija, today in Slovenia * Eisenerz in Styria * Hall in Tirol in Tyrol * Schwaz in Tyrol Lower Hungarian mining towns *Kremnitz, today Kremnica in Slovakia *Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica in Slovakia *Neusohl, today Banská Bystrica in Slovakia *Königsberg, today Nová Baňa in Slovakia *Libethen, today Ľubietová in Slovakia *Pukkanz, today Pukanec in Slovakia *Dilln, today Banská Belá in Slovakia Upper Hungarian mining towns *Göllnitz, today Gelnica in Slovakia *Rosenau, today Rožňava in Slovakia *Zipser Neudorf, today Spišská Nová Ves in Slovakia *Schmöllnitz, today Smolník in Slovakia *Jossau, today ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolkenstein
Wolkenstein is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the river Zschopau, 22 km southeast of Chemnitz. The town is situated on a rocky spur near the confluence of the Zschopau and Preßnitz rivers. Its name is derived from the eponymous castle which is situated ca. 70 m above the river, and whose name signifies a rock that rises into the clouds. Aside from the town itself, Wolkenstein consists of the following subdivisions: Warmbad is a spa town known for its hot spring with a variety of medicinal uses. History A Herrschaft Wolkenstein is mentioned in 1262. The town itself was first mentioned in 1293, and was originally called an "oppidum" in 1323. A school was first recorded in 1385. From 1378, Wolkenstein was the seat of the noble family of Waldenburg. After they died out in 1473, it reverted to the House of Wettin. At the same time, mining started again in the area. The Protestant Reformation was intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of The Ústí Nad Labem Region
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sediment or alluvium carried by rivers shapes the landscape ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Saxony
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the Runoff (hydrology), runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their Bank (geography), banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sedime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of The Czech Republic
This is a list of rivers of the Czech Republic. Naming conventions Czech language distinguishes between large (river; in Czech '' řeka'') and small (stream, creek, brook; in Czech '' potok'') watercourses. River names are mostly self-standing one-word nouns. Stream names often consist of two words because they contain an adjective (usually stemming from physical properties (e.g. Černý potok – "black stream"), usage (e.g. Mlýnský potok – "mill stream") or derived from the location through which it flows (e.g. Rakovnický potok – "Rakovník stream"). These two-word names form an inseparable whole. Main rivers While the Elbe is the longest Czech-related river when measured through its overall length (i.e. including its lower course in Germany), its tributary the Vltava surpasses it as the longest river within the territory of the Czech Republic itself. (In fact the Vltava also carries more water than the Elbe at their confluence.) Hierarchical list This is a hierarchica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
