Sehma (river)
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The Sehma is a right tributary of the Rive Zschopau in the German federal state of Saxony and begins at the confluence of its headstreams the White Sehma (Weiße Sehma) and Red Sehma (Rote Sehma).
In the valley of the combined Sehma are the long, narrow villages of Neudorf, Cranzahl and Sehma which belong to the municipality of Sehmatal
. The Sehma continues to the merged town of Annaberg-Buchholz
where it divides Buchholz in the west from Annaberg in the east, the two quarters having been independent towns until 1945.
The Sehma valley is also home to the village of Frohnau and its well-known hammer mill, the Frohnauer Hammer
. Above Wiesa the Sehma discharges into the Zschopau.
- The White Sehma rises in the Ore MountainsOre MountainsThe Ore Mountains in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for many centuries. Today, the border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs just north of the main crest of the mountain range...
on the Fichtelberg (1,214 m) and flows northwards, parallel to the Zschopau.
- Above Neudorf it merges with the Red Sehma from Kretscham-Rothensehma, which enters from the right and itself begins at the confluence of the Lampertsbach and Stümpelbach streams a few kilometres earlier.
In the valley of the combined Sehma are the long, narrow villages of Neudorf, Cranzahl and Sehma which belong to the municipality of Sehmatal
Sehmatal
Sehmatal is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany, which was created in 1999 through the union of Neudorf, Cranzahl and Sehma. The three villages are located along the Sehma river, aligned in a north-south direction...
. The Sehma continues to the merged town of Annaberg-Buchholz
Annaberg-Buchholz
Annaberg-Buchholz is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, in the Erzgebirge, capital of the district Erzgebirgskreis.The town is located in the Ore Mountains, at the side of the Pöhlberg . It has three Protestant churches, among them that of St...
where it divides Buchholz in the west from Annaberg in the east, the two quarters having been independent towns until 1945.
The Sehma valley is also home to the village of Frohnau and its well-known hammer mill, the Frohnauer Hammer
Frohnauer Hammer
The Frohnauer Hammer is an historic hammer mill in Frohnau, a village in the municipality of Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains of southeast Germany. The mill is an important witness to the proto-industrial development in the Ore Mountains...
. Above Wiesa the Sehma discharges into the Zschopau.