# Parthe

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{{Short description|River in Germany}}
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{{Infobox river
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  | source1_location  = [Saxony](/source/Saxony) 
  | mouth_location    = [White Elster](/source/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](/source/Germany)
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The '''Parthe''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpaʁtə|-|De-Parthe.ogg}}) is a [river](/source/river) in [Saxony](/source/Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany), right tributary of the [White Elster](/source/White_Elster). Its total length is {{cvt|60|km}}. The Parthe originates in northern Saxony, between [Colditz](/source/Colditz) and [Bad Lausick](/source/Bad_Lausick). It flows northwest through [Parthenstein](/source/Parthenstein), [Naunhof](/source/Naunhof), [Borsdorf](/source/Borsdorf) and [Taucha](/source/Taucha) before entering the city of [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig). The Parthe traverses the [Leipzig Zoological Garden](/source/Leipzig_Zoological_Garden) and touches the [Rosental](/source/Rosental) park before joining the [White Elster](/source/White_Elster) in the [Zentrum-Nordwest](/source/Zentrum-Nordwest) locality.
{{See also|Bodies of water in Leipzig}}

== Course ==
[[File:Parthenaue in Abtnaundorf (Leipzig).jpg|thumb|left|The Parthe in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig)]]
On its course through the [Leipzig Bay](/source/Leipzig_Bay) (''Leipziger Tieflandsbucht''), the Parthe flows through the regions and towns of [Großbardau](/source/Gro%C3%9Fbardau), [Parthenstein](/source/Parthenstein), [Naunhof](/source/Naunhof), [Beucha](/source/Beucha_(Brandis)), [Borsdorf](/source/Borsdorf), Panitzsch, [Taucha](/source/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](/source/Nordvorstadt_(Leipzig)) the Parthe flows in a walled river bed.

==  Name ==
Amongst others, the region [Parthenstein](/source/Parthenstein) and the motorway junction  ''Parthenaue'' (the merging of the [A 38](/source/Bundesautobahn_38) into the [A 14 motorway](/source/Bundesautobahn_14)) are called after the river.

== Flooding 2002 ==
During the [100-year flood](/source/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](/source/Grimma) via [Naunhof](/source/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](/source/Freiberger_Mulde) as well as to the river [Elbe](/source/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](/source/Memorial_to_Jewish_Citizens)
The memorial remembers that on [10 november 1938](/source/Kristallnacht_in_Leipzig) jewish people were driven into the walled riverbed of the Parthe in the [Leipzig zoo](/source/Leipzig_Zoological_Garden) 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>

== Notes ==
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Category:Rivers of Saxony
Category:Rivers of Germany
Category:Nordvorstadt (Leipzig)
Category:Zentrum-Nordwest

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