Malše

The Maltsch ( left) flows in Budweis in Moldavia

The Maltsch ( Czech Malše ) is a right tributary of the Vltava River in the Czech Republic.

Basic information

The total catchment area is 979.1 km ², the total length of 96 km, of which 89.5 in the Czech Republic. The average amount of water at the mouth is 6.92 m³ / sec

River course

The Maltsch rises in Austria in Novohradské mountainous area on the northeastern slopes of the mountain cattle in the village Sandl. In a length of 22 kilometers, it forms a natural border with the Czech Republic. At Dolni Dvořiště she turns definitively towards the Czech Republic and flows through Rychnov nad Malší, Kaplice, Římov and Doudleby to České Budějovice (Budweis). Here it opens in the center of the city at an altitude of 385 m oa in the Vltava River.

Special

The River is the drinking water reservoir Římov.

Wood glut

On the Maltsch it was probably the oldest wooden glut of Mühlviertel, the oldest written documentation dates back to 1685. The wood was swept from the open forest towards Leopoldschlag and Unterhaid and transported from there to the north. From the 1830s, this was done with the help of the horse railway. The wood came primarily from the areas around the places Windhaag, Leopoldschlag and Zettwing who received the privilege for the first flood of the year alternately. Whether the flood was in regular service is unsecured because the Holztrift due to lack of Stranded oak, low gradient and low -flow conditions was very difficult. The glut is likely to have a longer time often located broke. Therefore, it is assumed that 1842, the last such flood occurred.

Inflows

Left side

• Kabelský potok
• Felber Bach

Right side

• Kamenice
• Schwarzau ( Cerna )
• Strobnitz ( Stropnice )