Kieselbach (Lichte)

The Kieselbach is a right tributary of the Lichte in Thuringia, Germany, and is 4 km (2.5 mi) long.

Kieselbach
Rail viaduct over the Kieselbach in the valley Finsterer Grund
Location
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Ernstthal
• coordinates	50°29′45.9″N 11°09′55.3″E
• elevation	ca. 800 m (2,600 ft)
Mouth
• location	Lichte
• coordinates	50°31′04.9″N 11°10′38.2″E
• elevation	ca. 615 m (2,018 ft)
Length	4 km (2.5 mi)
Basin size	1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Lichte→ Schwarza→ Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea

Course

The Kieselbach rises in Ernstthal (city quarter of Lauscha) close to the rail station Ernstthal am Rennsteig and the Rennsteig, at the watershed between Franconia and Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. On its way northeast through the Thuringian Forest Nature Park, the Kieselbach flows first through the Finsterer Grund (Dark Valley), where a now closed section of the Sonneberg – Probstzella single-track railway line passes over it on a viaduct. Finally it reaches the housing estate Waschdorf (western municipality part of Lichte). In Waschdorf it unites with the Little Lichte and follows as Lichte River further the Lichte Valley to the Leibis-Lichte Dam and to the mouth into the Schwarza.

See also

• List of rivers of Thuringia

References

• Albert Broedel, A contribution to the history of the Lichte Municipality composed as to official sources 1937 – 1939; issued by W. Broedel, Kulmbach, March 7, 1997.