Schlenze

Course of Schlenze (from left to right)

The Schlenze in the forest near Helmsdorf

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The Schlenze is a 15 km long river in the district of Mansfeld- South Harz. It occurs south of Polleben in the deserted village Rulsdorf and flows Friedeburg into the Saale, whose river system it belongs to.

Origin of the name

On the origin of the name, there are two theories. The one refers to unspecified documentary evidence as Silenza. This is derived from the Silingi, suggesting a settlement of this tribe in Mansfeld. This is also homonymous river names in Silesia would indicate. The second theory is based on that corresponding flows are not comparable with the Schlenze. Hence, the name could have originated by the z originated in Schlenze by Zetazismus from the k in Low German Schlenke ( curvature of a stream ).

Course

Places on the creek

  • Polleben 0 km
  • Helmsdorf 4.2 km
  • Heiligenthal 5.3 km
  • Lochwitz 6.5 km
  • Zabenstedt 8.3 km
  • Friedeburgerhütte 9.2 km
  • Adendorf 10.9 km
  • Peace Castle 14.7 km

Inflows

The largest tributaries are the Fleischbachstrasse from evil castle at Helmsdorf the Ristebach from Siersleben, at Holy valley of Sohlbach from the deserted village of Nienstedt, in Zabenstedt the Lobach from Gerbstedt and at the treatment plant Freist. The Danube, at Holy Thal one in Zabenstedt one in Friedeburgerhütte from a larger Ihlewitz in Adendorf a smaller and even in peace castle in Polleben one: Also, still lead some rivulets in the Schlenze.

History

  • By 1400 the waters Slenz is called. The name is probably of Slavic origin.
  • Cyriacus Spangenberg described the coming of the Holy Thal arm of Lobachmündung at Zabenstedt as Schleinitz.

Special

  • The source of Schlenze is about a meter high Artesian well today. This stands next to a dried up ditch and the ejection of the fountain flows into the ditch.
  • Two rail lines crossed the course of the Schlenze. Firstly, at Polleben the railway hall Klaustor - Hettstedt, the section on the course was the Schlenzebrücke, was decommissioned on 11 March 1968. There was also the built in 1899/1900 branch line Gerbstedt peace - castle, which bridged the Schlenze in Zabenstedt and to peace Castle ran parallel to the creek from there until it was decommissioned in 1962 and 1974 broken down.
  • Today's stream was not always complete as Schlenze, at different times, different streams were known as the headwaters of the river. So these were, for example, the Sohlbach and Lobach. This can be explained by the fact that these streams, rivulets today, considerably earlier held more water. What part of these waters was the true headwaters of the Schlenze is unclear. The Pollebener mill creek, as the present upper reaches of the Schlenze is also called, can be referred to rather than the upper reaches of Schlenze today, because it leads significantly more water than Lobach and Sohlbach.
  • At km 12 opens the heavy metal drainage of key tunnel into the Schlenze.
  • In Lochwitz the hole witzer Seelöcher, three deep pools, two large and one smaller, which were linked from the underground were (see Lochwitz ).
  • The Schlenze can rise very fast very strong in heavy rain; Reason is the boiler location of Polleben on the Mansfeld plate.
  • Lobach and Sohlbach spring, uncharacteristic of water, up on the plateau west of Gerbstedt and Heiligenthal. Where do these streams is to take their much water is questionable.
Fleischbach (Schlenze) Municipality Friedeburg, Saxony-Anhalt Mansfeld Land
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