Perlenbach (Schwesnitz)

The Perlenbach in Rehau

The Perlenbach is the left, longer source stream of Schwesnitz in Upper Franconia.

It arises in Schoenwald -Reichenbach from the two springing on the Czech border streams Lohbach ( source 50 ° 13 ' 35 " N, 12 ° 9' 34 " O50.22638888888912.159444444444, about 630 m above sea level. NN ) and Lauterbach ( source near the hamlet of Prexhäuser ( Selb ) 50 ° 12 ' 57 " N, 12 ° 9' 40 " O50.21591666666712.161027777778, about 635 m above sea level. NN ), and the stock Bach, whose time begins on the eastern outskirts of Schön Forest ( 50 ° 11 ' 55 " N, 12 ° 5 ' 55" O50.19869444444412.098666666667, about 600 m above sea level. NN ). The Perlenbach runs in a north -westerly direction to Rehau, at the confluence of Perlenbach and Höllbach to Schwesnitz.

His name was given the creek from the originally rich deposits of the freshwater pearl mussel. Between 1733 and 1952 there were shells fished from officially appointed Perlinspektoren and wanted pearls. Today, the pearl oyster is also there almost extinct.