Kamenice (Jizera)

Upper reaches of the Kamenice

The Kamnitz ( tschech. Kamenice ) is a right tributary of the Iser in the Czech Republic.

It springs in several spring-fed streams in the Jizera Mountains in the Czech Republic at the Dove House ( Holubník, 1070 m). Below the former glassmaker Christian village of Thal ( Kristiánov ), a district of Friedrichswald ( Bedřichov ) obtained from which only the fox Baude ( Liščí Bouda ) remained and is used as a glass museum, the Kamnitz is jammed.

The dam Josefodolská above the village Josefodolská was built in 1976-1982, has a dam height of 43 m and a capacity of 23 million cubic meters and is the largest in the Jizera Mountains. It is used for drinking water supply and is therefore not approved for recreational purposes.

The Kamnitz flows through on its course to the south of the city Tannwald ( Tanvald ), where the Dessert ( Desna ) opens. She continues to flow through large hammer ( Velky Hamr ).

After 36 km, it flows in the little village Spalow ( Spálov u Semil ) near Eisenbrod ( Zelezny Brod) in the Iser. The Kamnitz is the most water tributary of the Iser.

On July 29, 1897, the Kamnitz led a heavy flood after the Jizera Mountains 310 mm rainfall / m² had fallen that day. The breach in the dam at the White Dessert on September 18, 1916 damage was also along the Kamnitz by the tidal wave.

• Jizera river system
• River in Europe
• River in the Czech Republic
• Jizera Mountains