Saathain

Geography

Saathain is located in the north of Röderland, about five kilometers southeast of , the municipality's seat of government. The Große Röder flows into the Black Elster about 1 Kilometer northwards of the center of Saathain. Overall, it is located at the southern border of the Lower Lusatian Heath Nature Park, which covers an area of 484 square kilometres in the districts of Elbe-Elster and Oberspreewald-Lausitz. The village is surrounded by Elsteraue II, one of the three subdivisions of the Elsteraue landscape conservation area (officially a ), which covers a total of around 6011 hectares. One of the conservation purposes of the landscape conservation area is "the preservation of the area due to its particular importance for natural recreation in the area of the spa town of Bad Liebenwerda." Saathain is located in the (see also: Urstromtal), which reaches its narrowest point a few kilometers to the east in the lowlands of the between Elsterwerda and Merzdorf at a width of seven kilometers before it swings to the northwest. Today's landscape is largely shaped by the penultimate ice age. A layer of sand and gravel several hundred meters thick covers the crystalline bedrock, which was created by the Variscan orogeny that took place in the Saxothuringian region. With its humid climate, Saathain lies in the cool-temperate climate zone, although there is a noticeable transition to a continental climate. The nearest weather stations are located to the north-east in Doberlug-Kirchhain. Other relevant stations are in Torgau (30 kilometers to the west) and Oschatz (to the south-west).

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  532
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  485
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  484
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  400
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  383
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  370
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  365
• European Greenfinch

  Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  352

Most recent

• M 3.3 — 2015-04-16
  1 km NE of Gröbers, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2002-03-23
  1 km ENE of Gößnitz, Germany