The Wild Weißeritz ( German : Wilde Weißeritz , Czech : Divoká Bystřice ) is a river in the Czech Republic and in the German state of Saxony which drains the eastern Ore Mountains . It is the longest tributary of the Weißeritz .
4-605: The valley of the Wild Weißeritz is almost free of settlements. The Wild Weißeritz runs through Tharandt just some kilometres before it forms the Weißeritz together with the tributary Red Weißeritz in Freital . The river feeds two water reservoirs for drinking water abstraction ( Klingenberg Reservoir [ ceb ; de ] and Lehnmühle Reservoir [ ceb ; de ] ). This article related to
8-536: A river in Saxony is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Czech Republic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Ústí nad Labem Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tharandt Tharandt ( German: [ˈtaʁant] ) is a municipality in Saxony , Germany , situated on
12-650: The Weißeritz , 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of Dresden . It has a Protestant Church and the oldest academy of forestry in Germany, founded as the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry by Heinrich Cotta in 1811, together with its arboretum, the Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt . In 2002, a severe flood destroyed many of the academy buildings and the library, including some of its more-than-500-year old books. The academy
16-443: Was rebuilt and today has about 650 students and is famous for its long traditions of educating students from all over the world in (tropical) forestry, resource management and sustainable land use. In the early 20th century, Tharandt was a favorite summer resort of the people of Dresden, one of its principal charms being the magnificent beech woods which surround it. This Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge location article
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