| Rote Pockau | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Red Pockau at the show mine of the
Molchner Stolln in Pobershau | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| Reference no. | DE: 5426864 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Source region: c. 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of Kühnhaide |
| • coordinates | 50°35′10″N 13°11′43″E / 50.58618°N 13.19529°E |
| • elevation | ca. 771 m above sea level (NN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | near Pobershau into the Black Pockau |
• coordinates | 50°39′25.93″N 13°12′39.89″E / 50.6572028°N 13.2110806°E |
• elevation | c. 490 m above sea level (NN) |
| Length | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
| Basin size | 46.6 km2 (18.0 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 0.590 m3/s (20.8 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Black Pockau→ Flöha→ Zschopau→ Freiberger Mulde→ Mulde→ Elbe→ North Sea |
| Landmarks | Villages: Pobershau |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Schlettenbach |
The Red Pockau ( German: Rote Pockau) is a 10-kilometre-long (6.2 mi) left tributary of the Black Pockau in the Ore Mountains.
Course
It rises at a height of about 760 m above sea level (NN), about two kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the village of Kühnhaide in the municipality of Marienberg. Between the Marienberg and the roughly 100 metre higher Kühnhaide plateaux the Red Pockau has cut deeply into the terrain. Below the ponds called the Rätzteiche, there is a steep-sided V-shaped valley that becomes more canyon-like below Pobershau. At the northern exit of Pobershau it collects the Schlettenbach stream. A few hundred metres further on the Red Pockau discharges into the Black Pockau at a height of about 490 m above sea level (NN).
Tributaries
- Nasser Brückenbach (r)
- Weißwasser (l)
- Rotepfützenbach (l)
- Mothäuser Bach (r)
- Wildsbergbach (r)
- Bärengrundbach (l)
- Goldkronenbach (r)
- Schlettenbach (l)
Name
In former times, the Red Pockau used to be called "the Little Bockau or the Red Water" (die kleine Bockau oder das rothe Wasser) and the Black Pockau (Schwarze Pockau) the "Great Bockau" (Große Bockau) or "the Black Water" (das schwarze Wasser). [1]
See also
References
- ^ Karl von Weber (ed.): Archiv für die Sächsische Geschichte, Vol. 5, Bernhard Tauchnitz Verlag, Leipzig, 1867, p. 250 digitalised