Weißeritz
Sign in to saveThe Weißeritz (; also: Vereinigte Weißeritz in German i.e. United Weißeritz, Bystrica in Sorbian) is a river of Saxony, Germany. It is long and a left tributary of the Elbe.
Key facts
- River.name
- (United) Weißeritz(Vereinigte) Weißeritz
- River.image
- Dresden Weißeritzmündung.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Weißeritz estuary in Dresden
- River.source1_location
- confluence of the Wild Weißeritz and Red Weißeritz
- River.mouth_location
- Elbe
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Germany
- River.subdivision_type2
- State
- River.subdivision_name2
- Saxony
- River.length
- ( incl. the BRD part of the Wild Weißeritz)
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The Weißeritz (; also: Vereinigte Weißeritz in German i.e. United Weißeritz, Bystrica in Sorbian) is a river of Saxony, Germany. It is long and a left tributary of the Elbe.
The river is formed by the confluence of the Wild Weißeritz and Red Weißeritz in Freital. The Weißeritz runs through Freital and Dresden. It crosses the deep valley Plauenscher Grund between Freital and Dresden and enters the Dresden Basin. The railway line from Dresden to Nuremberg runs next to the river in this close valley. The river is displaced in an old sidearm in Dresden for flood protection reasons and therefore canalised. In Dresden, it enters the Elbe from the left.