The Svatava is a left tributary of the Ohře

Ohre

The Ohře is a 316 km long river in Germany and the Czech Republic , left tributary of the Elbe. The basin area of the river has a size of 6,255 km², of which 5,614 km² are in the Czech Republic and 641 km² in Germany...

 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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Source

The river has its source as Wolfsbach in in the crest regions of the Saxon Vogtland

Vogtland

The term Vogtland refers to a region reaching across the German free states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and into the Czech Republic . The name of the region contains a reference to the former leadership by the Vögte of Weida, Gera and Plauen, which translates approximately to advocates or lord...

, between Schöneck

Schöneck, Saxony

Schöneck is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 18 km southeast of Plauen, and 35 km north of Cheb. Schöneck is known as the biggest ski resort in the eastern part of Germany. With more than 700 m it is the highest-located city in the...

 and Kottenheide. The Wolfsbach flows in southern direction for 4 km to Zwotental, where it gathers several small tributary brooks, uniting with them to form the Zwota.

The Zwota's river valley then runs east between Wolfsberg (771 m) in the north and the Hoher Brand

Hoher Brand

Hoher Brand is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany....

. Along its course range the villages Oberzwota, Zechenbach, Zwota and the border town of Klingenthal

Klingenthal

Klingenthal is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, south-eastern Germany. It is situated directly on the border with the Czech Republic opposite the Czech town of Kraslice, 29 km southeast of Plauen, and 33 km northwest of Karlovy Vary.The Aschberg towers above the...

, where the Döbra

Döbra (Zwota)

The Döbra is a river in the Saxon town of Klingenthal. It feeds on the waters of the brooks Steindöbra, Mühlbach and Brunndöbra....

 joins it. Downstream the Döbra's embouchure, the south-east-bound river is called Zwodau, or Zwotau, and shapes the national border between Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 for approximately 1,5 km. After that it continues its flow as Zwodau in a steep valley of the Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

n Erzgebirge. Along the Zwodau lies the town of Kraslice

Kraslice

Kraslice is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.-Geography:The town is situated on the southern slopes of the eastern reaches of the Ore Mountains, some 5 km from the neighbouring German town of Klingenthal....

, after that its course comes through Anenské Údoli, meandering towards Hory, flowing through Oloví

Oloví

Oloví is a town in the Czech Republic.-External links:*...

, Hřebeny and Luh into the coal-mining area of the Sokolovská pánev. Along the underflow of the Zwodau, there are the villages of Davidov und Svatava. After 41 km, the Svatava joins the Ohře in Sokolov

Sokolov (Sokolov District)

Sokolov , Falknov nad Ohří until 1948 is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, located to the north-east of Cheb. It has about 28,000 inhabitants....

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Tributaries

• Glasbach (l), Zwota
• Döbra
  Döbra (Zwota)
  The Döbra is a river in the Saxon town of Klingenthal. It feeds on the waters of the brooks Steindöbra, Mühlbach and Brunndöbra....
  
   (l), Klingenthal
  Klingenthal
  Klingenthal is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, south-eastern Germany. It is situated directly on the border with the Czech Republic opposite the Czech town of Kraslice, 29 km southeast of Plauen, and 33 km northwest of Karlovy Vary.The Aschberg towers above the...
  
  
• Grenzbach (l),
• Bublavský potok (German: Schwaderbach) (l), Kraslice
  Kraslice
  Kraslice is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.-Geography:The town is situated on the southern slopes of the eastern reaches of the Ore Mountains, some 5 km from the neighbouring German town of Klingenthal....
  
  
• Stříbrný potok (German: Silberbach) (l), Kraslice
• Rotava (German: Rothau) (l), Anenské Údoli

Special features

The Zwotatal represents an important traffic route through the south-west of the Erzgebirge. Besides more than one Bundesstraße

Bundesstraße

Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...

, there is a railway connection from Zwickau

Zwickau

Zwickau in Germany, former seat of the government of the south-western region of the Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau...

via Zwotental, Klingenthal and Kraslice alongside the river towards Sokolov.