Sprotte

The old bridge over the sprat in Schmölln

The sprat ( Slavic: sprotiva - "The Smelly ") is a tributary of the splices in the east of Thuringia. The upper reaches of the sprat consists of four spring-fed streams that flow west of Crimmitschau, namely from

• The northwestern Great Steiner sprat, whose source is in the area of the airfield Gera - Leumnitz
• The Paitzdorfer or Western sprat, whose source is at Rückersdorf,
• The southern Heukewalder sprat, which rises near Nischwitz and
• The eastern man ego Walder or poster Steiner sprat, whose source is Thonhausen.

Other tributaries of the Sprat are the Lumpitzbach, the Köthelbach and Litschke.

The sprat opens in Saara into the splices and is the longest flow path ( Great Steiner sprat ) about 30 kilometers long. It is named for the places in the administrative community Upper Sprottental district Altenburger Land.

Course

The Great Steiner sprat is about 15 kilometers long and the longest one of the four headwaters. It rises on the site of the airfield Gera - Leumnitz, flows through Korbußen, Big Stone, Reichstädt and Löbichau and unites with Burkersdorf with the man ego Walder sprat, which is about 11 kilometers long.

The man ego Walder sprat flows from Thonhausen coming in a northwesterly direction and takes at Vollmershain the Heukewalder sprat, which opens on the left side coming from Heukewalde. Between Posterstein and Nöbdenitz her then flows to the Western sprat, which also opens on the left side after it has passed through the district Paitzdorfer Mennsdorf.

Then the man ego Walder sprat flows northeast through the town Nöbdenitz to its association with the Great Steiner sprat in Burkersdorf. From there it flows as sprat further northeastward through the city Schmölln, up to its confluence with the north splice Saara.

Traffic

The valley of the sprat partly follow the railway line of Altenburg Gera and the Federal Highway 7