| Rote Pockau | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Germany |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saxony |
| Subdivision Type3: | Reference no. |
| Subdivision Name3: | DE: 5426864 |
| Source1 Location: | Source region: c. northwest of |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 50.5862°N 13.1953°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | ca. |
| Mouth Location: | near Pobershau into the Black Pockau |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 50.6572°N 13.2111°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | c. |
| Basin Landmarks: | Villages: Pobershau |
| Progression: | Black Pockau→ |
| Tributaries Left: | Schlettenbach |
| Custom Label: | References |
The Red Pockau (German: Rote Pockau) is a 10adj=midNaNadj=mid left tributary of the Black Pockau in the Ore Mountains.
It rises at a height of about 760 m above sea level (NN), about 2km (01miles) 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).
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).[1]