The Preßnitz ( cs, Přísečnice or ''Přísečný potok'') is a right-hand tributary of the River
Zschopau in the state of
Saxony in eastern Germany and in the
Czech Republic. It rises in the Bohemian
Ore Mountains near Horní Halže, northwest of the
mining town
A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry.
Historic mining communities
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of
Měděnec
Měděnec (german: Kupferberg) is a municipality and village in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.
Měděnec lies approximately west of Chomutov, west of Ústí nad Labem, and w ...
.
Course
The upper section of the Preßnitz, through the mining areas of Orpus (Mezilesí u Přisečnice) to its confluence with the river
Hammerbach (Hamerský potok) from Dörnsdorf (Dolina), was formerly known as the ''Hammerlebach''.
Along the rest of the Preßnitz as it flows northwards are the old
mining town
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of
Přísečnice (german: Preßnitz), which was blown up in 1973 along with the neighbouring villages of Rusová (German: ''Reischdorf'') and Dolina (German: ''Dörnsdorf''), in order to dam the Preßnitz at that point and form a reservoir. In 1976 the Preßnitz Dam (vodní nádrž Přisečnice) was completed.
At the first village in Saxony that the Preßnitz flows through, Schmalzgrube, it is joined by the
Schwarzwasser stream from
Jöhstadt.
Above the town of
Wolkenstein
Wolkenstein is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the river Zschopau, 22 km southeast of Chemnitz.
The town is situated on a rocky spur near the confluence of Zschopau a ...
the Preßnitz finally discharges into the Zschopau.
Industry
Due to the iron ore deposits in the area there were many hammer mills along the Preßnitz in the past, for example in Schmalzgrube, Oberschmiedeberg, Mittelschmiedeberg und Niederschmiedeberg.
North of the dam on the border with Saxony is the village of
Kryštofovy Hamry
Kryštofovy Hamry (german: Christophhammer) is a municipality and village in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Kryštofovy Hamry lies approximately west of Chomutov, west of � ...
(German: ''Christophhammer''), in which one of the seven factories that manufactured
cobalt blue
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paint in
Bohemia
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, the ''Blaufarbenwerk St. Christoph'', was located until 1874.
From 1955 to 2001 refrigerators were manufactured at Niederschmiedeberg. In 1993 the factory developed the first
chlorofluorocarbon- and
fluorocarbon
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-free refrigerators under the trade name of FORON.
On the way to
Steinbach in the Preßnitz Valley is the
show mine of ''Andreas Gegentrum Stolln''.
Railway
From 1892 to 1986 the
Pressnitz Valley Railway ran between Wolkenstein and Schmalzgrube, parallel to the Preßnitz River. After its closure a walking and cycling path was built between Wolkenstein and Steinbach on the old railway embankment along which the course of the river can be followed. Between 1995 and 2000 a museum railway was built between Steinbach and Schmalzgrube on the old embankment.
See also
*
List of rivers of Saxony
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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*
List of rivers of the Czech Republic
This is a list of rivers of the Czech Republic.
Naming conventions
Czech language distinguishes between larger (river) and smaller (stream, creek, brook etc.) watercourses; the respective nouns being '' řeka'' (feminine, "river") and '' poto ...
References
Sources
* Bernd Schreiter: ''Hammerwerke im Preßnitz- und Schwarzwassertal.'' Streifzüge durch die Geschichte des oberen Erzgebirges. Heft 14. Annaberg-Buchholz 1997
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External links
Andreas Gegentrum StollnPressnitz Valley Railway
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Rivers of Saxony
Rivers of the Ústí nad Labem Region
Rivers of the Ore Mountains
International rivers of Europe
Rivers of Germany