Jüchnitz

Mouth of the Jüchnitz (right) in the Tame Gera

The Jüchnitz is a three-mile- long tributary of the Tame Gera in Thuringia Forest west of Ilmenau.

The Jüchnitz originates in a wetland on Mönchshof ( Ausflugsgaststätte ) approximately 3 km due east of Gehlberg below the Salzmannstraße in about 750 meters. Your valley, the Jüchnitzgrund, runs north past the Jüchnitzteich between Mittelberg in the West and in the East High Waiting in Gera Berger Kirche wood. The Jüchnitz flows from the right in the brown stone mill Arlesberg in the Tame Gera one.

The Jüchnitzgrund is in a former mining area, here brown stones were promoted earlier this mineral was prepared in the brown stone mill in Arlesberg. Today the mill is available as a technical monument with café.

The steep wooded slopes of the mountain are considered Jüchnitztales harm endangered area, upon entering the valley is therefore necessary to pay attention to warning signs.

In the lower part of the valley is located at the former pit Morgenstern Schullandheim the municipality of Gera mountain.

Through the valley of the mouth to the source of the leads marked and stocked with numerous information board brown Steinweg.