Schorte

In Schortetal

The Knöpfelstaler pond

The Schorte is a tributary of the River Ilm in Thuringia.

Course

The Schorte rises on the eastern slope of the mountain horses at Stuetzerbach. It runs through the Schortetal forms in the upper part of the Knöpfelstaler pond, a scale in the 17th century reservoirs for floating timber, and opens to the 8.56 km at the border hammer, a district of Ilmenau, in the Ilm.

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The uppermost part of the Schortetales is called sinister hole and made ​​famous by Goethe's poem Ilmenau.

In the further course downstream, many mine tunnels were for the degradation of fluorspar and manganese. The mine " Full Rose" was decommissioned in 1991. It is now converted into a tourist mine and open to visitors. The spatführenden layers of mountain horses are degraded due to the sharp rise in world market price again since 2005. The reduction will be made ​​in the direction Mitre Schobsetal.

Origin of the name

The first written mention dates only from the year 1503, then as Schortte. The name then changed over Schorttenwasser (1527 ), Large Schorte ( 1534) and Schörten ( 1587 ) to Schorte. Is derived the name from the Germanic skorta ( cut) also developed the English Short from. Defect earlier evidence is not clear whether a relationship exists with - aha.