Lamitz

Lamitzeinleitung on Förmitzspeicher

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

The Lamitz is a right tributary of the Saale Saxony, in Upper Franconia.

Geography

Source

The origin lies on the eastern slope of the mountain head in the Fichtelgebirge. The local association of Kirchenlamitz Fichtelgebirgshalle association brought on 24 November 1929, the source version in granite with the inscription " Lamitz FOUNTAIN " to. The source area is a protected natural monument.

Course of the stream

The creek flows north through the city on Epprechtstein past Kirchenlamitz, bends to place Niederlamitz north to flows through the dip between small and large Kornberg and flows Fattigau in the Saxon Saale.

Name

The river name is of Slavic origin. There are different names interpretations: Sheep Weidenbach, Bruchbach. The Name of water body was transferred to different places: Kirchenlamitz, Niederlamitz, Niederlamitzerhammer, Martinlamitz.

Economic use

The water power of the Lamitz was used for mills and hammer mills Hasenmühle, Fox Mill, Upper Mill and Lower Mill in Kirchenlamitz, Dötschenmühle, food grinder, hammer Upper and Lower hammer, Niederlamitzerhammer, Schnepf mill Neuenhammer, Lamitzmühle. In the bed of the Lamitz to 1824 there were about 9,000 oysters. In 1914 she was protected by the royal government of Upper Franconia as Perlenbach. When Schnepf mill Lamitzwasser is derived for the Förmitzspeicher.