Meynbach

Meynbach near the apex to the south of country chicken, looking towards the east

The Meynbach (also: Meyn ) is a river in Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania and Brandenburg, which also flows east from the local situation chickens country both south-west towards Old Elde than in the direction Tarnitz.

South of belonging to the community Prislich hamlet of chicken country is the vertex of the watercourse at an altitude of about 34 m above sea level. NHN on an arable land. Through land reclamation of the straight stream here has the appearance of a drainage ditch. A source at the vertex can not be determined. To the east of the stream runs alternately on mecklenburgischem and Brandenburg area along the border. It is the train journey from Berlin underpasses. With the Diekhorst in the municipality Prislichs in the north bordering a larger deciduous forest to the waters. Northeast of Wendish Warnow is the confluence with the Tarnitz at an altitude of 28.7 m above sea level. HN.

To the southwest of the Meynbach runs to the north of Milow also on or near the border. For large Warnow the Federal Highway 5 passes under and after the completion of a section is the future and the highway 14 south of Gorlosen forms the creek meanders from. The confluence with the Old Elde is located north of Krinitz at about 17 m above sea level. HN.

Despite two-part flow direction of the Meynbach drained on the east side of the Tarnitz and on the west side of the Old Elde in the Löcknitz and thus across the Elbe into the North Sea.

From the eastern boundary of the municipality Milow the underflow and the banks are reported as Habitat Reserve Meynbach at Krinitz. This has a size of 338 hectares. This is due to deposits of Common freshwater mussel, bitterling, bullhead and otter. Within the protected area, a 12 km long section from 1999 to 2004 was renatured. Weirs were replaced by Sohlgleiten or water structurally bypassed in order to make the storage sites for the aquatic fauna throughout. In addition, slopes were flattened, installed flow diverter and fords restored.

In the summer of 2006, the lower reaches of the Meynbaches fell temporarily dry.