Elstertrebnitz is a municipality in
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...
, lying southwest of Leipzig and northeast of
Zeitz
Zeitz (; , ) is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river White Elster, in the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Saxony.
History
First a Slavic pagan settlem ...
.
Geography
Elstertrebnitz lies to the south of Leipzig, in a low-lying basin approximately 15 km northeast of Zeitz.
Neighbouring municipalities
Elstertrebnitz is bordered to the north by the town
Pegau
Pegau () is a town in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany, situated in a fertile plain, on the White Elster, 18 m. S.W. from Leipzig by the railway to Zeitz.
It has two Evangelical churches, that of St. Lawrence being a fine Gothic structure ...
, to the northeast by the town
Groitzsch
Groitzsch () is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany.
Geography and transport
The town is situated at the southern edge of the Leipzig Bay east of the White Elster river on the confluence of Schwennigke and Schnauder rivers, 20 ...
, by the region
Elsteraue
Elsteraue is a municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district in Saxony-Anhalt, in eastern Germany. It is situated near the White Elster river, about southwest of Leipzig.
Districts
It is divided into many municipal districts:
*Bornitz
*Draschwitz ...
in the south and region
Hohenmölsen
Hohenmölsen () is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast of Weißenfels, and 27 km southwest of Leipzig. The town Hohenmölsen consists of Hohenmölsen proper and ...
in the west. The regions Elstertrebnitz and Hohenmölsen are separated by the open cast mine Profen.
Economy
The municipality is largely agricultural.
Elstermühlgraben
The Elstermühlgraben is the name of a
flume
A flume is a human-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch. Flumes are not to be confused with aqueducts, which are built to t ...
diverted from the river Elster. The Elstermühlgraben operated the mills from the Elstertrebnitz to
Kleindalzig until the 20th century. Very few mills are in operation today. Above all, the flume served the villagers for bathing and as a water source for needed washing water. The Pegauer Baths, which lie directly beside the Elstermühlgraben, cleaned and used the water for their facility. But the flume was also used as a transport route for various uses.
References
External links
Town of Elstertrebnitz in German
Leipzig (district)
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