Schweinitz (river)
The Schweinitz, Czech Svídnice, is a left tributary of the Floeha in the Erzgebirge.
Course
It rises north-east of the fire Hübels ( 780.90 m) at Klíny ( Göhren ) in the Bohemian Ore Mountains and flows through the marsh area of the Black Pool ( Černý Rybnik ) is first in southwestern direction; after one kilometer, it meets the border with Saxony and then forms over its entire course the border between Saxony and the Czech Republic.
In the valley of the places Schweinitz German Einsiedel and Mníšek are ( Einsiedel ), brothers meadow, German Neudorf and Nová Ves v Horách (Mountain Neudorf ). In its further course, the Schweinitz now turns to the northwest. Compared to German Mount St. Catherine is located on a mountain, the old mining town of Hora Svaté Kateřiny ( St. Catherine mountain). There is a border crossing between the two places.
Right of Schweinitz follows then at the mouth of the stream of German Neudorf district Oberlochmühle before discharges from the Seiffen reason, an old mining area, Seiffen Bach at low hole mill.
Between these two locations was located on the left bank, the Czech side the painter mill (U Spálené Pily ) and the Schafferaugut. Both are burned after 1945.
Behind Hirschberg, a district of Olbernhau Schweinitz which opens to the 17.60 km in the Floeha. Was at the mouth on the Bohemian side Schweinitzmühle, one belonging to Brandau ( Brandov ) monolayer. This former mill has been acquired at the beginning of the 20th century by the Saxon copper and brass works of FA Lange in Copperhammer Grünthal and expanded into a production facility.
Mining at Schweinitz
In Katharinaberg are copper lodes, the spread on both sides of the river. The mining industry flourished especially from the 15th to the 17th century, when Katharinaberg was quite a significant mining town in the Ore Mountains. Later he was less productive. Most famous are the pits located near the Schweinitz Nikolai studs at Katharinaberg, who was a show mine to 1945 and whose input was blown up a few days before the war ended. According to eyewitness reports previously said to have spent in the mines, a vehicle convoy items.
As stubbornly held rumors of an intercalation of the famous Amber Room, made of German Americans and Amber Room viewfinder Helmut Gänsel from Miami, who had previously been excavated in Stiechowitz in Prague, in 2000 driving a new entrance in the flooded tunnels. The few hundred meters located on the German side Fortuna studs in German Catherine Berg was at the same time the mayor of German Neudorf, Heinz -Peter Haustein, open. In the tunnel, which has now been renovated by the Bergsicherung Schneeberg and expanded into mining experience, found themselves - although this is suspected - not Amber Room. The very active and committed mayor had achieved by the assumptions and the resulting publicity the actual main purpose of his undertaking, the tourist revival of the secluded village on the ridge of the Ore Mountains.
Schweinitztalbahn
Between 1927 and 1969 ran from Olbernhau to the German Neudorf Schweinitztalbahn. This track was originally designed as cross-border, cross the Ore Mountains compound according Wiesa - Oberleutensdorf: planned (now Louka u Litvínova ). Because of the changed political situation in the Czech Republic after the First World War the line was ultimately built only as by train to German Neudorf.