Eula | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Germany |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Saxony |
Length Km: | 31 |
Source1 Location: | Near Geithain-Wickershain |
Source1 Elevation: | 255 m |
Mouth Location: | Into the Wyhra near Großzössen |
Mouth Elevation: | 132 m |
Progression: | Wyhra→ |
Basin Size Km2: | 171 |
Discharge1 Location: | at Kesselshain 1 gauge |
Discharge1 Min: | Record low: 0 L/s (in 11.03.1972) Average low: 141 L/s |
Discharge1 Max: | Average high: Record high: (in 28.09.2010) |
Custom Label: | References |
The Eula is a tributary of the River Wyhra in northwestern Saxony in Germany. It has a length of and a catchment area of about .[1]
The Eula rises in the Eulawäldchen ("Little Eula Wood") south of the Geithain parish of Wickershain. It crosses the municipality of Geithain, flowing through the lido of Oberfürstenteich. Beyond Geithain it collects the Salzbach from the left and the Kalkbach from the right. After passing through Niedergräfenhain, Frauendorf and Hermsdorf it reaches Prießnitz. Here it is joined from the right by the Frankenheimer Bach and the Little (Kleine) Eula. Next it flows through Flößberg and Beucha to Kitzscher, collecting the Heinersdorfer Bach and Steingrundbach before reaching Beucha.
Whilst the Eula has been straightened for long stretches, there is a near natural reach between Beucha and Kitzscher with meanders, sand banks and kolks.
After collecting the Jordanbach in Kitzscher it turns from its hitherto predominantly northwesterly course to head in a southwestern to western direction. Flowing past (a parish of Kitzscher), (a parish of Kitzscher) and (a parish of Borna), where since 2009[2] it has once more flowed for half a kilometre on its old, winding river bed, the river passes under the B 95 federal road. It then continues between Haubitz and the and after empties near Großzössen into the Wyhra, which then reaches its confluence with the Pleiße after just two more kilometres.