Helfenberger Bach

Bridge in the upper reaches of the Help Berger Bach

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The Help Berger Bach is a tributary of the Elbe in East Dresden. It rises in the Schönfeld highlands to the district border between Gönnsdorf and Cunnersdorf and flows in a southwesterly direction to the Elbe. The most important tributary is the Kucksche. The total catchment area is 2.8 square kilometers. The Help Berger stream runs with an average gradient of 5.1% flow through Dresden districts Cunnersdorf, Gönnsdorf, Help Mountain, Pappritz Niederpoyritz. The lake has a largely natural character and is surrounded between the headwaters and helping mountain forest. After 3.3 km flow path (of which 3.1 km and 0.2 km open water sections cased ) opens the stream orographic right Niederpoyritz into the Elbe.

The Help Berger Bach has between headwaters and Help Mountain Biological water quality class I- II ( low load) to (after water surveys from 2001 ). In the further course of flow is the water quality class II ( moderately polluted ). After the Saxon Water Law, he is a second-order water from the river type 5 ( according to the Water Framework Directive ), ie, a coarse substrate rich, siliceous low mountain. The slope of the creek during heavy rain causes a rapid drainage of water. In middle- natural low-water outflow into the Elbe is 0.01 m³ / s This can rise to values ​​of 0.5 m³ / s (1 - year flood ) up to 5.8 m³ / s (100 - year flood ).

In traversed by Bach Help Help Berger Berger reason the Help mountain castle and the Chemical Factory Helfenberg were.

Bridge over the creek Help Berger

Tributary of the forester Bach in the Help Berger Bach

Beginning of the piping of the Help Berger Bach on the season stone road

Help mouth of Berger Bach in the same