Wilde Weißeritz
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The Wilde Weißeritz is a river in the Czech Republic
and in Saxony
which drains the eastern Ore Mountains. It is the longest tributary of the Weißeritz
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The valley of the Wilde Weißeritz is almost free of settlements. The Wilde Weißeritz runs through Tharandt
just some kilometres before it forms the Weißeritz
together with the tributary Rote Weißeritz
in Freital
.
The river feeds two water reservoirs for drinking water abstraction (Talsperre Klingenberg and Talsperre Lehnmühle).
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....
and in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
which drains the eastern Ore Mountains. It is the longest tributary of the Weißeritz
Weißeritz
The Weißeritz is a river in Saxony. The 12 km short left tributary of the Elbe runs through Freital and Dresden. Its name is derived from west Slavic bystrica . The official name of the river used in documents and hydrographic maps is Vereinigte Weißeritz...
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The valley of the Wilde Weißeritz is almost free of settlements. The Wilde Weißeritz runs through Tharandt
Tharandt
Tharandt is a municipality in Saxony, Germany, situated on the Weißeritz, 9 miles southwest of Dresden, on the Dresden-Reichenbach railway.It has a Protestant Church, a hydropathic establishment, and the oldest academy of forestry in Germany, founded by Heinrich Cotta in 1811 together with its...
just some kilometres before it forms the Weißeritz
Weißeritz
The Weißeritz is a river in Saxony. The 12 km short left tributary of the Elbe runs through Freital and Dresden. Its name is derived from west Slavic bystrica . The official name of the river used in documents and hydrographic maps is Vereinigte Weißeritz...
together with the tributary Rote Weißeritz
Rote Weißeritz
The Red Weißeritz is a river in Saxony that drains the eastern Ore Mountains. It is a right tributary of the Weißeritz and is 36.5 km long...
in Freital
Freital
Freital is the biggest town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Weißeritz, 8 km southwest of Dresden.- Geography :...
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The river feeds two water reservoirs for drinking water abstraction (Talsperre Klingenberg and Talsperre Lehnmühle).