Red Pockau
River in Germany
title: "Red Pockau" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-saxony", "rivers-of-the-ore-mountains", "rivers-of-germany"] description: "River in Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Pockau" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Germany ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Rote Pockau |
| image | Schaubergwerk Molchner Stolln (3).jpg |
| image_caption | The Red Pockau at the show mine of the in Pobershau |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Germany |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Saxony |
| subdivision_type3 | Reference no. |
| subdivision_name3 | DE: 5426864 |
| length_km | 10 |
| source1_location | Source region: c. 2 km northwest of |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | ca. |
| mouth_location | near Pobershau into the Black Pockau |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | c. |
| basin_landmarks | Villages: Pobershau |
| progression | Black Pockau→ |
| basin_size_km2 | 46.6 |
| discharge1_avg | 0.590 m3/s |
| tributaries_left | Schlettenbach |
| custom_label | References |
| :: |
| name = Rote Pockau | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | image = Schaubergwerk Molchner Stolln (3).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Red Pockau at the show mine of the in Pobershau | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Saxony | subdivision_type3 = Reference no. | subdivision_name3 = DE: 5426864 | length_km = 10 | width_avg = | depth_avg = | source1_location = Source region: c. 2 km northwest of | source1_coordinates = | source1_elevation = ca. | mouth_location = near Pobershau into the Black Pockau | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = c. | basin_population = | basin_landmarks = Villages: Pobershau | progression = Black Pockau→ | basin_size_km2 = 46.6 | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = 0.590 m3/s | discharge1_max = | tributaries_right = | tributaries_left = Schlettenbach | waterbodies = | ports = | bridges = | custom_label = References | custom_data = | extra = The Red Pockau () is a 10 km left tributary of the Black Pockau in the Ore Mountains.
Course
It rises at a height of about 760 m above sea level (NN), about 2 km northwest of the village of 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).
References
References
- Karl von Weber (ed.): ''Archiv für die Sächsische Geschichte'', Vol. 5, Bernhard Tauchnitz Verlag, Leipzig, 1867, p. 250 [https://books.google.com/books?id=nrlDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA250 digitalised]
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