Kleine Röder (Große Röder)

The Kleine Röder or Wilde Röder is a river in the east German state of Saxony. It is about 20 km (12 mi) long and rises on the southwestern slopes of the Eierberg near Lichtenberg in the district of Bautzen at 320 m (1,050 ft).

Kleine Röder
Confluence with the Große Röder at Ottendorf-Okrilla
Course from its source north of Leppersdorf to its confluence with the Große Röder at Ottendorf-Okrilla
Location
Location	Bautzen, Saxony, Germany
Reference no.	DE: 53844
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	source: on the Eierberg near Lichtenberg
• coordinates	51°10′12″N 13°58′47″E
• elevation	302 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	from the right in Cunnersdorf (village in Ottendorf-Okrilla) into the Große Röder
• coordinates	Coordinates: Unknown argument format
• elevation	162 m above sea level (NN)
Length	20 km
Basin features
Progression	Große Röder → Black Elster → Elbe → North Sea
River system	Elbe
Landmarks	Villages: Wachau, Lichtenberg, Ottendorf-Okrilla
Tributaries
• left	Orla
• right	Mittelwasser

Below Leppersdorf (a village in the borough of Wachau), the stream changes its course from southwest to north, following the general lie of the land. It flows through Kleindittmannsdorf with its four former water mills. On the edge of the mighty Okrilla Basin Sands (Okrillaer Beckensande) it swings west and discharges into the Große Röder in Cunnersdorf (a village in the borough Ottendorf-Okrilla). Its longest tributaries are, from the south, the Orla and, from the north, the Großnaundorfer Wasser.

There are frequent floods in the catchment area of the Kleinen Röder. Flood damage is recorded in the years 1958, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.[1] Ein großes Hochwasser trat am 12. und 13. August 2002 auf.[1] There was particularly serious damage in Leppersdorf and Ottendorf-Okrilla.[1] In addition, the plunge pool of the Kleindittmannsdorf Reservoir was destroyed.[1]