Polenz

Polenz

The Polenz valley immediately above the Lusatian Fault
Location	Germany
Length	31.3 km [1]
Source	in Saxony
Source height	ca. 380 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth	confluence with the Sebnitz at Lachsbach near Porschdorf 50°56′35″N 14°08′06″E / 50.943148°N 14.135120°E
Mouth height	ca. 150 m above sea level (NN)
Descent	ca. 230 m
Basin	Elbe
Catchment	104 km² [1]
Discharge[2]	Average mid:   1.1 m³/s
Cities	keine
Large towns	keine
Small towns	Neustadt in Sachsen, Hohnstein
Navigable	nein

The Polenz is the right-hand, smaller headstream of the Lachsbach in the German state of Saxony. Its lower course flows through the western Elbe Sandstone Mountains in a canyon-like valley.

Geography

The Polenz rises from nine springs on the German-Czech border between the villages of Langburkersdorf and Nová Víska (Neudörfel). The springs are located southwest of the 461 m high Roubený (Raupenberg) mainly on German territory and unite at a height of 363 m above sea level. The upper reaches of the Polenz form the natural boundary between the Hohwald and Saxon Switzerland.

Tributaries

The most important tributaries of the Polenz are the:

• Laubbach, Langburkersdorf
• Schluckenbach, Neustadt in Sachsen
• Lohbach, Neustadt in Sachsen
• Flemigbach, Polenz
• Rückersdorfer Bach, below Polenz
• Cunnersdorfer Bach, by the Bock Mill
• Goldflüßchen, at the Heeselicht Mill
• Bärenhohlflüßchen, above the Rußig Mill
• Schindergraben, at Hockstein
• Tiefergrundbach, at the Frinzthal Mill

References

1. Topographische Karte 1:25,000
2. The regional drainage of the catchment areas of the Polenz and Sebnitz at the Porschdorf am Lachsbach gauge is 11.3 l/s km². That gives an average for the Polenz, with its catchment area of 104 km², of about 1.1 m³/s

External links

• Media related to Polenz at Wikimedia Commons