Gleise

The tracks near Nausnitz

The railroad is a right tributary of the Saale in ( Thuringia) Saale- Holzland.

The headwaters of the tracks is Albers village. It flows further to the northwest through the towns Ascherhütte, Scheiditz, Ilmsdorf, Thalbürgel, Graitschen b. BÜRGEL Löberschütz, Beutnitz, Naura and Golmsdorf. Your mouth is close to the patrons stream into the Saale.

The tracks drove past numerous mills, for example, in Nausnitz in Graitschen and Löberschütz to.

Origin of the name

The name derives from the Old High German waters glîza or Gliz - aha ( " Brilliant " or " Glimmering " ) from. So the name means the shining (or glittering ) water.

Gleistal

As Gleistal, the bottom portion of the track is referred to below Biirgel. Geographically, the Gleistal belongs to the area of the middle Saale valley. It is due to its special nature and landscape as a recreational area. From 1905 to 1969 was the western part of the railway line Crossen - Porstendorf and today the Federal Highway 7 in Gleistal.

Landscape

The Gleistal is bounded by the mountains of the horseshoe and the old track mountain in the south and the heights of the Tautenburg Forst in the north. The valley slopes form of two different forms. From the forested mountains the slopes fall only in the region of the Muschelkalk steep and sometimes rocky, and at the bottom of the red sandstone flat and hilly from. The steep slopes can only be poorly utilized by their nature. In contrast, operated on the flat slope sections farming and pastoral economy. In addition, were located at the south to west facing slopes of Gleistals significant vineyards, which were replaced by partially preserved orchards and peonies fields in the course of modern times. These types of use and the vineyard cottage partially preserved produce a very typical landscape.

In particular, closely linked to the tracks and the Gleistal are the two most prominent mountains in the area, the Great Gleißberg and the old mountain railway. Both hills are historical settlements, which underline the strategic location. On the Great Gleißberg was built in the Middle Ages the castle Kunitzburg or Gleißberg called, which is still preserved as a ruin. In the Old Gleissberg existed a significant prehistoric and early historic hillfort.

Plant world

On the southern slopes of the Gleistals lies the nature reserve Gleistalhänge which belong to the characteristic dry calcareous slopes of the Saale valley near Jena. Therefore, there are also many types of orchids, such as bees and spider orchid.

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