Wethau (Saale)

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The Wethau, Wiethe dialect, is a right tributary of the Saale. It rises in the Saale- Holzland (Thuringia) and ends in the castle district (Saxony -Anhalt).

Origin of the name

The river name derives from the Middle High German WET ( Waid - obsolete for hunting) and from the suffix -au.

Course

The headwaters of the Wethau lies in the Thuringian Saale- Holzland west of the city Eisenberg. It rises in the High bei Biirgel and flows above Petersberg together with a springing south of Hainspitz Creek. From there it flows northward over Combs Ritz, Hainchen and Zschorgula, crosses the border with Saxony -Anhalt, and flows through the towns of Seiselitz, Utenbach, Cauer joke, Great Gestewitz, Wettaburg, Weather Scheid, Mertendorf and Wethau. It flows south of the village Schoenburg in the Saale.

The Wethautal

The surrounding countryside is designated by the Wethau leaving the wood country as Wethautal. This also includes places that do not lie directly on the Wethau. The Wethautal is bounded on the east by heathland, in the west of the Molauer plate and passes into the Saale valley.

The Wethautal is eponymous for a merger surrounding communities to manage community Wethautal.

The mills of Wethau

At the Wethau numerous water mills were operated earlier. Of the mills some are still preserved and used as residential buildings. [Note 1]

  • Mill Hainspitz - east of Hainspitz disappeared
  • Mill Petersberg - used in place Petersberg as a residential building
  • Stüntzmühle - northwest of Törpla was temporarily used as a holiday home
  • Dothener Mill - east of Dothen still present
  • Combs Ritz - Ritz in place combs, converted to the Christian after-care arrangement Holzmühle combs Ritz
  • Cancer Mill - combs Ritz in Schkölen
  • Zschorgula mill - used in place Zschorgula as a residential building
  • Seußlitzmühle - east of Seiselitz disappeared
  • Utenbach mill - used in place Utenbach as a residential building
  • Mill Cauer joke - location not known
  • Stone Mill - United Gestewitz, location not known
  • Mill Beuditz - two water mills, location not known
  • Wettaburgsche Mill - Wettaburg that said, today sports field
  • Mr. Mill - located between Wettaburg weather Scheid, there is a trade in the feed was closed in 2011
  • Mill Mertendorf - Location not known
  • Bachmuhle Wethau - used in place Wethau as a residential building
  • Kropp mill or mill Kopp - 500 meters above the Neumühlestrasse
  • Neumühlestrasse - in Schoenburg, at the end point of the Kroppentals
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