Schirmbach

The screen Bach is a stream of 5.5 km in length in the catchment area of the Great Striegis in the district of Central Saxony (Sachsen, Germany ).

Course

He was, in about 460 m above sea level, fed by several smaller Sickerbächen and a source in the city of Freiberg Freiberg forest near the village, north and south of the present Federal highway 173. The water from this large, very flat plateau was later fed in the 16th century, a trench art Freiberger water supply. Therefore, the Schirmbach a tributary springs today about 1.5 miles northwest of the original source, at 450 m above sea level. NN. It first flows through Kleinschirma until it empties into Wegefarth, in 338 m above sea level, in the Great Striegis. He overcomes a fall from an average of four percent. Its catchment area has a size of about 950 ha, with a little over 15 percent is forested. Along the creek can be found, especially between Kleinschirma and Wegefarth, a gallery -like remnant of the original, bach accompanying alder brook forest, which is in town partially replaced by willows and pollard willows. According to the legend of the Headless Horseman Baron Philipp von Wegefarth at night, especially haunt along the screen creek.