{{Short description|River in Germany}} {{onesource|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox river | name = Parthe | image = | image_caption = | source1_location = Saxony | mouth_location = White Elster | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51|21|39|N|12|20|32|E|display=inline,title}} | progression = {{RWhite Elster}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | length_km = 60 | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} The '''Parthe''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpaʁtə|-|De-Parthe.ogg}}) is a river in Saxony, Germany, right tributary of the White Elster. Its total length is {{cvt|60|km}}. The Parthe originates in northern Saxony, between Colditz and Bad Lausick. It flows northwest through Parthenstein, Naunhof, Borsdorf and Taucha before entering the city of Leipzig. The Parthe traverses the Leipzig Zoological Garden and touches the Rosental park before joining the White Elster in the Zentrum-Nordwest locality. {{See also|Bodies of water in Leipzig}}
== Course == [[File:Parthenaue in Abtnaundorf (Leipzig).jpg|thumb|left|The Parthe in Leipzig]] On its course through the Leipzig Bay (''Leipziger Tieflandsbucht''), the Parthe flows through the regions and towns of Großbardau, Parthenstein, Naunhof, Beucha, Borsdorf, Panitzsch, Taucha and Leipzig. Into the ''Parthe'' flow, amongst others, the Gladegraben, the Faule Parthe, the Todgraben, the Mittelgraben, the Grenzgraben, the Threne, the Zauchgraben, the Kittelgraben, the Wachtelbach, the Lösegraben, the Staditzbach, the Hasengraben and the Rüdgengraben. Over the years numerous straightenings and canalisations have had an effect on the river. In Leipzig's Nordvorstadt the Parthe flows in a walled river bed.
== Name == Amongst others, the region Parthenstein and the motorway junction ''Parthenaue'' (the merging of the A 38 into the A 14 motorway) are called after the river.
== Flooding 2002 == During the 100-year flood of the Elbe in 2002, the Parthe also broke its banks. This led to damage in villages and towns such as Kleinbardau and Großbardau.
== Recreation and Nature ==
The {{convert|51|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} long Parthe-Mulde-cycling route from Grimma via Naunhof, Borsdorf and Taucha to Leipzig runs alongside the Parthe for long stretches. It is part of network of cycling routes, which run from Leipzig to the Freiberger Mulde as well as to the river Elbe.
In Taucha and {{ill|Abtnaundorf|de}} (a district of Leipzig) the Parthe flows through parks. Large sections of the river's course are designated as the "Nature reserve Parthenaue - Machern".
== See also == * Memorial to Jewish Citizens The memorial remembers that on 10 november 1938 jewish people were driven into the walled riverbed of the Parthe in the Leipzig zoo district and held there for hours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wienerlibrarycollections.co.uk/novemberpogrom/testimonies-and-reports/b301-b350/b.326|title=Pogrom: November 1938. Testimonies from 'Kristallnacht': B.326|website=The Wiener Library|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225015803/http://wienerlibrarycollections.co.uk/novemberpogrom/testimonies-and-reports/b301-b350/b.326|archive-date=2016-12-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Category:Rivers of Saxony Category:Rivers of Germany Category:Nordvorstadt (Leipzig) Category:Zentrum-Nordwest