Polenz (river)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Polenz | |
|---|---|
 The Polenz valley immediately above the Lusatian Fault | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | in Saxony |
| • elevation | ca. 380 m above sea level (NN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | confluence with the Sebnitz at Lachsbach near Porschdorf |
• coordinates | 50°56′35″N 14°08′06″E / 50.943148°N 14.135120°E |
• elevation | ca. 150 m above sea level (NN) |
| Length | 31.3 km (19.4 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 104 km2 (40 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | [2] |
| • average | 1.1 m³/s |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lachsbach→ Elbe→ North Sea |
| Landmarks |
|
| Navigable | no |
The Polenz is the right-hand, smaller headstream of the Lachsbach in the German state of Saxony. Its lower course flows through the western Elbe Sandstone Mountains in a canyon-like valley.
Tributaries
The Polenz rises from nine springs on the German-Czech border between the villages of Langburkersdorf and Nová Víska (Neudörfel). The springs are located southwest of the 461 m high Roubený (Raupenberg) mainly on German territory and unite at a height of 363 m above sea level. The upper reaches of the Polenz form the natural boundary between the forest land Hohwald and the Saxon Switzerland.
The most important tributaries of the Polenz are the:
- Laubbach, Langburkersdorf
- Schluckenbach, Neustadt in Sachsen
- Lohbach, Neustadt in Sachsen
- Flemigbach, Polenz
- Rückersdorfer Bach, below Polenz
- Cunnersdorfer Bach, by the Bock Mill
- Goldflüßchen, at the Heeselicht Mill
- Bärenhohlflüßchen, above the Rußig Mill
- Schindergraben, at Hockstein
- Tiefergrundbach, at the Frinzthal Mill
