Müglitz (river)

The Müglitz in Dohna

The Müglitz is about 49 km long left tributary of the Elbe in Saxony.

Course

It arises in the Eastern Ore Mountains on the border between Saxony and the Czech Republic in the Bohemian village demolished Müglitz ( tschech. Mohelnice ) from two source streams:

  • The White Müglitz ( tschech. Mohelnice ) arises near the border near the former village Vorderzinnwald ( tschech. Přední Cínovec ) and then forms the border river of Saxony.
  • The Black Bach ( also Black Müglitz ( Černý Potok tschech. ) or Sörnitz or Sernitz called ) springs from the abandoned village Ebersdorf ( tschech. Habartice ) and flows in its middle reaches of the northern part of the "Black ( boggy ) meadows ". The name is Sörnitz derive from Slavic Zornice ( = Mühlbach ). When storms of 8 July 1927, the waters became the torrent which tore the floor, his bed changed and as a high mountain valley flowed like Mure. From its source in rhyme or woods at the creek referred to above 2 km extension of the state border.

From the German village Müglitz that something is located below the confluence of the White and Black Müglitz Bach, the Müglitz runs exclusively on Saxon territory. It flows, inter alia, through the towns of Lauenstein, Glassworks, Müglitztal and Dohna, before flowing into the Elbe in Heidenau.

Tributaries of the Müglitz

  • Grenzbach
  • Fürstauer Bach
  • Rotwasser
  • Small Biela
  • Prießnitz Bach
  • Zechenbach
  • Schlottwitz Bach
  • Hell Grundbach
  • Maxener Bach
  • Saving Grundbach
  • Prince Waldersbach
  • Small Kohlbach
  • Big Kohlbach
  • Trebnitzgrund Bach
  • Page Hainer Bach

Former mills

Many mills no longer exist, some are converted and used for other purposes.

  • Mills in Voitsdorf ( Fojtovice ) Ebersdorf ( Habartice ) and Bohemian- Müglitz ( Mohelnice ) in Bohemia
  • Hartmann mill Müglitz ( Fuerstenau )
  • Scratch Hammer ( on the lower end of the village Fiirstenwalde )
  • Mill Lauenstein
  • Zippenmühle Lauenstein, see
  • Silver Mill ( Huthaus ) Baerenstein
  • Böttrich mill Baerenstein
  • Castle Mill Baerenstein
  • Grain Mill Bärenhecke ( Technical monument )
  • Upper Büttner mill
  • Schüller mill
  • Hammergut Gleissberg (iron hammer Gleissberg )
  • Upper Mühle Glashütte ( Holzwarenfabrik )
  • Paust mill or Büttner Mühle Glashütte (1766-1911)
  • Mittelmühle (Friday- mill) glassworks (originally Pochmühle, then flour mill, Lohmühle and oil mill)
  • Lower Mühle Glashütte ( factory mill, also Vogelmühle )
  • Bridge Mühle Glashütte (later groundwood and board mill )
  • Pochwerk Huthaus St. Erasmus Glashütte
  • Jar mill at Upper Schlottwitz
  • Mr. Mill Upper Schlottwitz
  • Elisabeth Mill Upper Schlottwitz
  • Peace mill Schlottwitz (demolished 1991)
  • Neumannmühle Schlottwitz
  • Graf's paperboard mill - Sawmill Schlottwitz
  • Orgusmühle low Schlottwitz
  • Mühlbach mill in Mühlbach
  • Peschel mill ( also Püschelmühle ) at Burkhardswalde (later pulp mill )
  • Jonas mill Burkhardswalde
  • Castle Mill Weesenstein
  • Castle Mill Dohna
  • Erlichtmühle Dohna
  • Mill Heidenau ( Mehlmahlmühle, saw mill and oil mill, now Hotel Mühlenhof )
  • Drugs mill ( also Mittelmühle ) Heidenau ( on Obergraben )

Former mills on Rotwasser (left tributary of the Müglitz )

  • Sander grinder Geising
  • Hammergut Geising
  • Hartmann mill
  • Dietz mill
  • Fighters mill

Former mills on the Prießnitz (left tributary of the Müglitz )

  • Wood Mühle Glashütte
  • Council Mühle Glashütte

Flood

The Müglitz, normally a quiet river can become a raging torrent in appropriate weather conditions, in particular Vb weather conditions. Records show that took place in the valley 1609-2002 eighteen heavy floods, the floods of 1897, the flood of 1927, the flood of 1957 and the flood of August 2002. For flood protection, the retention basin Müglitztal was built above Lauenstein.

Vehicular access to

The blossoming wood and paper industries as well as the Glashütte watchmaking and fine mechanical coupled thereto businesses called mid-19th century a better transport links to the Elbe Valley and Dresden. Between 1846 and 1864 the valley was therefore developed through a valley road. The road is now classified in Section Heidenau - Lauenstein ( - Altenberg ) and State Road 178 S and one of the most important transport links between the upper Elbe Valley and the Erzgebirge. A consistent Befahrbahrkeit of the valley is no longer given above Lauenstein by the construction of retention basins Müglitztal.

1890 Müglitztal railway was built, which follows the river to Lauenstein.

Tourism

The Müglitztal is a popular hiking and tourist destination. Already, the Saxon King John in the 19th century it boasted as " the most beautiful valley in Saxony ". Structurally worth seeing are, inter alia, the center of Dohna and Weesenstein and Lauenstein Castle.

In the 1990s, the Müglitztal developed into a climbing area with over 200 routes. Even before the Müglitztal was used as a training area for climbing.

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