Kirnitzsch
Sign in to saveThe Kirnitzsch (German), in Bohemia also called the Kirnischt, , is a right tributary of the River Elbe, which passes through the Czech Republic and the German state of Saxony.
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- Kirnitzsch
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- Křinice, Kirnischt
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- 45
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- in Šluknov Hook in the Czech Republic west of Studánka
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- in Bad Schandau into the Elbe
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- 2266 (as at: 1999)in the Kirnitzsch valley
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- Small towns: Bad Schandau
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- 140
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- at Kirnitzsch valley ( above its mouth) gauge
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- Record low: (in 2005)Average low:
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- Average high: Record high: (in 1995)
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- Zeidlerbach, Weißbach, Heidelbach
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- Rotes Floß
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- Reservoirs: Obere Schleuse
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Wasserqualität
- Obere Schleuse
- Niedere Schleuse
- Wirtschaft
- See also
- Sources
- References
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The Kirnitzsch (German), in Bohemia also called the Kirnischt, , is a right tributary of the River Elbe, which passes through the Czech Republic and the German state of Saxony.
== Geography == The Kirnitzsch, also called the Kirnscht or Kirnsch in the local dialect, rises in the Lusatian Highlands in Bohemia west of the village of Studánka (German Schönborn) and flows westwards through the town of Krásná Lípa (Schönlinde). Behind the village of (Khaa, part of Krásná Lípa) it wends its way along narrow ravines through the sandstone rocks of Bohemian Switzerland. The wild, romantic valley is also called the Khaatal (Kyjovske údoli) (Khaa valley).