Smědá

The Wittig at Ves in the Czech Republic.

The Wittig ( Smědá Czech, Polish Witka ) is a right tributary of the Lusatian Neisse river in the Czech Republic and Poland.

Course

The Wittig Wittig produced at home ( Horská chata Smědava ) in Czech Jizera Mountains at 847 meters above sea level at the confluence of three source streams.

  • The White Wittig ( Bila Smědá ) rises at an altitude of about 1000 m asl in the bog Klečové louky between the Jizera ( Siechhübel, 1122 m) and the Smědavská hora ( Wittig mountain, 1084 m).
  • The Black Wittig ( Cerna Smědá ) arises in the Moor Cerna jezírka on predel.
  • The Brown Wittig ( hnědá Smědá ) originates at the eastern foot of the Jizera in the bog Louka u Studánky, where the Black Desse ( Cerna Desna ) arises.

The Wittig Wittig flows from the house with a steep gradient by Bily Potok ( German Weissbach ). On their way to the northwest, the Wittig touches the cities Hejnice ( grove village), Raspenava ( Raspenau ) and Frýdlant v Čechách ( Friedland ). The Meandering river between Předlánce and Černousy is protected as a nature reserve Meandry SMEDE. In the village of Ves ( meadow) leaves in 209 m nm the Bohemian area and flows into the Polish Upper Lusatia. The Czech portion has a length of 45.9 km, the local catchment area of ​​273.8 km ². The Mean drain MQ at the limit is 3.61 m³ / s

In Niedów ( Nieda ) the Wittig was jammed in Niedów reservoir. The dam with a water surface of 176 ha and a water level of 11 m was applied as a water reservoir for the power plant Turow 1958-1962 and served recreational purposes. However, the water was very turbid by discharges from the source through the bogs and water pollution of the adjacent towns and villages.

On pin Joachimstein in Radomierzyce ( Radmeritz ) the Wittig joins the Lusatian Neisse.

History

After the Vienna Treaty of 1815, the Wittig made ​​until the end of the Second World War in 1945, the border between the Saxon and Prussian parts of Upper Lusatia, which is the border between Saxony and Silesia. With the shift of the German -Polish border to the Neisse of the German section of the Wittig came to Poland in 1945.

On an artificial island in the river Neisse in the mouth of the Wittig is the former world noble Fräuleinstift Joachim Stein. The 1945 to Saxony and Poland since become associated pin enjoyed a special status. After 1945, unused, forfeited the buildings and be rehabilitated since 2003.

7 August 2010 broke after heavy rains the dam of the dam and led to a tidal wave in the Neisse.

Inflows

  • Šindelový Potok (r ), at the predel
  • Hájený Potok (r ), Bily Potok
  • Velka Rybí voda (r ), Bily Potok
  • Bily Potok ( l), Bily Potok
  • Černý Potok ( l), Hejnice
  • Libverdský Potok (r ), Lužec
  • Sloupský Potok ( l), Raspenava
  • Pekelský Potok (r ), Luh
  • Holubí Potok ( l), Raspenava
  • Lomnice (r ), Luh
  • Vetrovsky Potok ( l), Větrov
  • Řasnice (r ), Frýdlant
  • Kunraticky Potok ( l), Kunratice
  • Krčelický Potok (r ), Víska
  • Minkovický Potok ( l), Minkovice
  • Višňovský Potok ( l), Předlánce
  • Bulovský Potok (r ), Předlánce
  • Sansky Potok ( l), Filipovka
  • Boreček or Andelsky Potok / Boreczek ( l), Ves
  • Kočičí Potok / Koci Potok (r ), Niedów Reservoir
Oder Hejnice (Liberec District)
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