Sormitz

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| name = Sormitz

| image =Stadtpark Wurzbach 2.jpeg

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| image_caption = Sormitz in the town park of Wurzbach

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| source1_location = town park Wurzbach (Langwasser and Oßlabach)

| mouth_location = in Hockeroda into Loquitz

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50|35|43|N|11|25|58|E|region:DE-TH_type:waterbody_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=it}}

| progression = Loquitz→ {{RSaale}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Thuringia

| length_km = 29.2

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The Sormitz is a tributary of the Loquitz in Thuringia, Germany and is 29.2 km in length.

Its origin is in the town park of Wurzbach where Langwasser and Oßlabach confluence.

It enters the Loquitz in Hockeroda, which is in turn a tributary of the Saale.

Naming

It is not possible to clarify to origin of the name. One assumption is the origin in Slavic Sb'rbica bzw. Sb'rbici (what means Sorbian stream).{{citation|surname1=Elfriede Ulbricht|title=Das Flussgebiet der thüringischen Saale |edition=1.|publisher=Max Niemeyer|publication-place=Halle (Saale)|date= 1957|language=German}}

See also

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Category:Rivers of Thuringia

Category:Rivers of Germany

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