Lungwitzbach
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The Lung joke Bach is a river in the Saxon Erzgebirge, a tributary of the river Mulde. The lake gets its name from the nearby places because Oberlungwitz and Niederlungwitz.
Course
After its source in the district of origin Lugauer the creek flows to the northwest, before it flows from Oberlungwitz to the west. In Oberhermsdorf of Lung joke Bach has a Umflutkanal. Between Saint Egidien and Niederlungwitz the river course to the northwest turns. Between Hermsdorf and Glauchau the railway line Dresden- Werdau uses the valley of the Lung joke Bach. In the upper reaches of the existing railway line to 2003 Neuoelsnitz - Wüstenbrand used the valley.
Order of inflows with Mündungsort:
- From right: copper mill creek in Oberlungwitz
- From right: Höllenbach in Oberlungwitz
- From right: (?) Steinberger Bach in Oberlungwitz ( source in desert fire on the southern edge of the Rabenstein ridge )
- From left: Deer Grundbach in Oberlungwitz ( source at Erlbach- Kirchberg springs ( Desolate Good Vorell ) )
- From left: Kirchberger Dorfbach in Oberlungwitz (297 m above sea level. )
- From left: Hegebach ( Ölsnitzbach ) in Oberlungwitz ( rises near Oelsnitz / E. )
- Rl: near Goldbach treatment plant
- From right: Cabin Grundbach in Hermsdorf (coming from the Haynholz )
- From left: (?) Berndorfer Bach in Hermsdorf
- From left: Rödlitzbach in Rüsdorf ( rises in the forest at Neudörfler Heinrichsort and drained Lichtenstein / Sa. )
- From right: (?) Kuhschnappeler Bach above St. Egidien ( the dam of St. Egidien feeds )
- From left: (?) Lichtsteiner Bach on Auersberg in St. Egidien
- From left: Temple creek below St. Egidien ( rises in Rümpfwald )
- From right: Lobsdorfer Bach above Niederlungwitz
- From right: Rottelsbach above Niederlungwitz
A few meters north of the station Glauchau opens the Lung wit stream in the river Mulde. There is also the shear mill Reinholdshain.
Fauna
At the beginning of the 20th century, white fish still came before such as minnows, gudgeon and rudd and Bartgrundeln, eels, rare pike, tench, carp and brook lamprey. Today, the chub is very common. The kingfisher is therefore also be seen again, as he finds his food source in the form of small fish again. The Great Blue Heron is also observed again.
Floods
The Lung joke Bach is known from time immemorial as "the wild brook". As a result of repetitive flood events, the construction of two flood retention basins ( Rödlitzbach and Kirchberger Dorfbach ) is aimed at two tributaries.
More
With a catchment area of about 140 square kilometers of Lung joke Bach is one of the largest rivers of the Erzgebirge Basin. The 24 km long watercourse has a longitudinal gradient of approximately 160 m, of which 100 meters on the upper reaches - up to Hegebach mouth - omitted. From there, the Lung joke Bach is a river of the first order and is in the custody of the State Reservoir Administration of Saxony.