Pobershau is a former municipality in the district

Erzgebirgskreis Erzgebirgskreis is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains"), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. I ...

, in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. With effect from 1 January 2012, it has been incorporated into the town of

Marienberg Marienberg is a town in Germany. It was the district capital of the Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis (Central Ore Mountains district) in the southern part of Saxony, and since August 2008 it has been part of the new district of Erzgebirgskreis. As of ...

.
Media service of the State of Saxony, retrieved 2012-01-02

Geography

Pobershau lies in the valley of the

Red Pockau The Red Pockau (german: Rote Pockau) is a left tributary of the Black Pockau in the Ore Mountains. Course It rises at a height of about 760 m above sea level (NN), about northwest of the village of in the municipality of Marienberg. Betwee ...

, a tributary of the

Black Pockau The Black Pockau (german: Schwarze Pockau or ''Schwarzwasser'', cz, Černá) is a river of Saxony, Germany, in the Ore Mountains. It is a left tributary of the Flöha. This virtually unspoilt wild stream with a length of is known for the pictu ...

. The hamlet of Rittersberg lies north of the main village on the left slopes of the Red Pockau. The hamlet of ''Hinterer Grund'' lie east of the village rather remotely in the valley of the Black Pockau. The highest point in Pobershaus lies at near the Katzensteine mountain. The lowest point is at in the Kniebreche, the area around the confluence of the Red and Black Pockau.

Subdivisions

The municipality is divided into: * Pobershau * Rittersberg

References

Former municipalities in Saxony Marienberg {{Erzgebirgskreis-geo-stub