Kieselbach (Lichte)

The Kieselbach is a right tributary of the Lichte in Thuringia, Germany, and is 4 km (2.5 mi) long.

Kieselbach
Rail viaduct over the Kieselbach in the valley Finsterer Grund
Location
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationErnstthal
  coordinates50°29′45.9″N 11°09′55.3″E
  elevationca. 800 m (2,600 ft)
Mouth 
  location
Lichte
  coordinates
50°31′04.9″N 11°10′38.2″E
  elevation
ca. 615 m (2,018 ft)
Length4 km (2.5 mi)
Basin size1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionLichteSchwarzaSaaleElbeNorth Sea

Course

The Kieselbach rises in Ernstthal (city quarter of Lauscha) close to the rail station Ernstthal am Rennsteig and the Rennsteig, at the watershed between Franconia and Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. On its way northeast through the Thuringian Forest Nature Park, the Kieselbach flows first through the Finsterer Grund (Dark Valley), where a now closed section of the Sonneberg – Probstzella single-track railway line passes over it on a viaduct. Finally it reaches the housing estate Waschdorf (western municipality part of Lichte). In Waschdorf it unites with the Little Lichte and follows as Lichte River further the Lichte Valley to the Leibis-Lichte Dam and to the mouth into the Schwarza.

See also

References

    • Albert Broedel, A contribution to the history of the Lichte Municipality composed as to official sources 1937 – 1939; issued by W. Broedel, Kulmbach, March 7, 1997.


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