Obere Schleuse

The Obere Schleuse in Hinterhermsdorf is a barrage system on the German-Czech border river of Kirnitzsch and impounds the water over a length of 700 metres. It was originally a facility for timber rafting. There are boat rides on the reservoir today during the summer months. At the boat landing point the water depth is 1 metre; by the dam it is 4 metres. The water temperature rarely climbs above 8 °C in summer. In the winter months, during when there are no boat trips, the water is not impounded and the Kirnitzsch flows in its original river bed.

References

Sources

• Karl Möckel: 100 Jahre Bootsfahrt Obere Schleuse, Klamm: 1879 - 1979, Hinterhermsdorf 1979
• Joachim Wünsch: Die Obere Schleuse bei Hinterhermsdorf. in: Sächsische Heimatblätter Heft 6/1960, p. 375-378

External links

• Saxon Switzerland National Park
• Hinterhermsdorf

Coordinates: 50°54′35.48″N 14°23′15.84″E / 50.9098556°N 14.3877333°E / 50.9098556; 14.3877333