Eula (river)

Eula
The Eula near Kitzscher
Location Saxony,  Germany
Length 31 kmdep1
Source Near Geithain-Wickershain
51°01′43″N 12°42′47″E / 51.0285°N 12.7131°E / 51.0285; 12.7131Coordinates: 51°01′43″N 12°42′47″E / 51.0285°N 12.7131°E / 51.0285; 12.7131
Source height 255 mdep1
Mouth Into the Wyhra near Großzössen
51°09′16″N 12°27′33″E / 51.1545°N 12.4592°E / 51.1545; 12.4592
Mouth height 132 mdep1
Basin Elbe
Progression Wyhra → Pleiße → White Elster → Saale → Elbe → North Sea
Catchment 171 km² [1]
Discharge
at Kesselshain 1 gauge[2]		 Record low:     0 l/s (in 11.03.1972)
Average low:    141 l/s
Average mid:   909 l/s
Average high: 9.15 m³/s
Record high:   42.8 m³/s (in 28.09.2010)
Large towns Village of Borna
Small towns Villages of Geithain
and Frohburg

The Eula is a tributary of the River Wyhra in northwestern Saxony in Germany. It has a length of 31 kilometres and a catchment area of about 171 km².[1]

Course

The Oberfürstenteich pond in Geithain, through which the Eula flows
The Eula near Beucha

The Eula rises in the Eulawäldchen ("Little Eula Wood") south of the Geithain parish of Wickershain. It crosses the municipality of Geithain, flowing through the lido of Oberfürstenteich. Beyond Geithain it collects the Salzbach from the left and the Kalkbach from the right. After passing through Niedergräfenhain, Frauendorf and Hermsdorf it reaches Prießnitz. Here it is joined from the right by the Frankenheimer Bach and the Little (Kleine) Eula. Next it flows through Flößberg and Beucha to Kitzscher, collecting the Heinersdorfer Bach and Steingrundbach before reaching Beucha.

Whilst the Eula has been straightened for long stretches, there is a near natural reach between Beucha and Kitzscher with meanders, sand banks and kolks.

After collecting the Jordanbach in Kitzscher it turns from its hitherto predominantly northwesterly course to head in a southwestern to western direction. Flowing past Braußwig, Dittmannsdorf and Eula, where since 2009[3] it has once more flowed for half a kilometre on its old, winding riverbed, the river passes under the B 95 federal road. It then continues between Haubitz and the Witznitz Storage Basin and after 31 kilometres empties near Großzössen into the Wyhra, which then reaches its confluence with the Pleiße after just two more kilometres.

Tributaries

  • Salzbach
  • Kalkbach
  • Frankenheimer Bach
  • Kleine Eula
  • Heinersdorfer Bach
  • Steingrundbach
  • Jordanbach

Villages on the Eula

  • Wickershain (Geithain)
  • Geithain
  • Niedergräfenhain (Geithain)
  • Frauendorf (Frohburg)
  • Hermsdorf (Frohburg)
  • Prießnitz (Frohburg)
  • Flößberg (Frohburg)
  • Beucha (Bad Lausick)
  • Kitzscher
  • Braußwig (Kitzscher)
  • Dittmannsdorf (Kitzscher)
  • Eula (Borna)
  • Haubitz (Borna)
  • Großzössen (Neukieritzsch)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 HWSK Whyra / Eula im RB Leipzig Anlage 10.7 Gefahrenkarte Stadt Bad Lausick Ortslage Beucha, Seite 4, Staatliches Umweltfachamt Leipzig, Landestalsperrenverwaltung des Freistaates Sachsen, Talsperrenmeisterei Untere Pleiße, April 2005, at: umwelt.sachsen.de (pdf, German, 69.6 kB)
  2. ↑ "Hydrologisches Handbuch: Teil 3 - Gewässerkundliche Hauptwerte" (PDF, 637 kB). Freistaat Sachsen - Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie. p. 96. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  3. ↑ Anforderung der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie an die Entwicklung der Gewässer – Prozess der Maßnahmenumsetzung in Sachsen Landesdirektion Leipzig, Oktober 2011, Auf: iws.htwk-leipzig.de (pdf; 9.8 MB)

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