Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz — Mitteilungen Band XVI, Heft 9–12…
"Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz — Mitteilungen Band XVI, Heft 9–12" is a regional heritage journal issue written in the early 20th century. This special compilation examines the catastrophic flood in the eastern Ore Mountains, pairing scientific analysis with historical context and practical proposals. It blends meteorology, geology, settlement history, forest management, and a photographic record to document the devastation and argue for prevention and landscape-sensitive recovery. The opening of the volume moves from
brief publication notes to a stirring foreword that sets recent global disasters against the night the floods tore through the Müglitz, Seidewitz, and Gottleuba valleys, listing ravaged towns, heavy losses, and introducing a photo atlas as evidence and appeal. A major article then explains the meteorological setup—maritime–continental airflows, orographic rainfall, and the amplifying role of sunspot-linked circulation—showing how polar air clashed with hot, moist masses and was funneled by the Elbe valley. Next comes a clear guide to the region’s tectonic build, relating faulting, valley forms, and groundwater to dam safety and urging careful siting on sound bedrock. A historical study traces settlement and mining from medieval colonization to intensive tin and iron exploitation, tying large-scale deforestation of the high plateau to both flash floods and summer droughts; it adds field observations from the 1927 damage (breached dams, surge waves, vulnerable floodplain housing) and calls for reforestation, removal of cross-valley obstacles, and strict building controls. The section closes by introducing a proposal for protective forests alongside planned reservoirs, before the excerpt breaks off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz |
|---|---|
| Title | Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz — Mitteilungen Band XVI, Heft 9–12 : Monatsschrift für Heimatschutz, Volkskunde und Denkmalpflege |
| Original Publication | Dresden: Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz, 1927. |
| Credits | The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany |
| Subject | Nature conservation -- Germany -- Saxony -- Periodicals |
| Subject | Saxony (Germany) -- Periodicals |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78390 |
| Release Date | Apr 8, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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