Red Pockau

The Red Pockau (German: Rote Pockau) is a 10-kilometre-long (6.2 mi) left tributary of the Black Pockau in the Ore Mountains.

Rote Pockau
The Red Pockau at the show mine of the Molchner Stolln in Pobershau
Location
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Reference no.	DE: 5426864
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Source region: c. 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of Kühnhaide
• coordinates	50°35′10″N 13°11′43″E
• elevation	ca. 771 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	near Pobershau into the Black Pockau
• coordinates	50°39′25.93″N 13°12′39.89″E
• elevation	c. 490 m above sea level (NN)
Length	10 km (6.2 mi)
Basin size	46.6 km2 (18.0 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	0.590 m3/s (20.8 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Black Pockau→ Flöha→ Zschopau→ Freiberger Mulde→ Mulde→ Elbe→ North Sea
Landmarks	Villages: Pobershau
Tributaries
• left	Schlettenbach

Course

It rises at a height of about 760 m above sea level (NN), about two kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the village of Kühnhaide in the municipality of Marienberg. Between the Marienberg and the roughly 100 metre higher Kühnhaide plateaux the Red Pockau has cut deeply into the terrain. Below the ponds called the Rätzteiche, there is a steep-sided V-shaped valley that becomes more canyon-like below Pobershau. At the northern exit of Pobershau it collects the Schlettenbach stream. A few hundred metres further on the Red Pockau discharges into the Black Pockau at a height of about 490 m above sea level (NN).

Tributaries

• Nasser Brückenbach (r)
• Weißwasser (l)
  • Rotepfützenbach (l)
• Mothäuser Bach (r)
• Wildsbergbach (r)
• Bärengrundbach (l)
• Goldkronenbach (r)
• Schlettenbach (l)

Name

In former times, the Red Pockau used to be called "the Little Bockau or the Red Water" (die kleine Bockau oder das rothe Wasser) and the Black Pockau (Schwarze Pockau) the "Great Bockau" (Große Bockau) or "the Black Water" (das schwarze Wasser).

See also

• List of rivers of Saxony