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Wipper (Saale)

Coordinates: 51°47′14″N 11°43′6″E / 51.78722°N 11.71833°E / 51.78722; 11.71833
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Wipper
The Wipper at Hettstedt
Location
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationHarz
Mouth 
 • location
Saale
 • coordinates
51°47′14″N 11°43′6″E / 51.78722°N 11.71833°E / 51.78722; 11.71833
Length85 km (53 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSaaleElbeNorth Sea

The Wipper is a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. A left tributary of the Saale, the Wipper is 85 kilometres (53 mi) long. Its name comes from the old German word Uipparaha, which means "singing, bouncing river".

Course

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The Wipper originates in the southeastern Harz, near Harzgerode at the bottom of Auerberg mountain. The Wipper joins the Saale in Bernburg.

Tributaries

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The following rivers are tributaries of the Wipper:[1][2]

Towns

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The following towns and cities lie along the Wipper:

Mills

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  • Wippermühle in Wippra (today known as Mühlencafe)[3]
  • Kratzmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, called after the first owner Nickel Kratz
  • Herrenmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, (currently a garage) it used to be a hostel for ids
  • Klippmühle between Biesenrode and Vatterode:[4] In 1848 August Schumann bought a flour and saw mill, which was taken over by Reinhold Schumann in 1893. When the railroad line Wipperliese was built, he opened a pub.

Flooding

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  • 1994: Between April 12 and 13, 1994, heavy rain in the lower Harz mountains led to flooding on the Wipper.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Die Wipper - ein bedeutender Gebirgsfluss im Harz - Wippertal - Wippertalsperre (accessed 21 February 2010)
  2. ^ Daniel Wurbs: Vergleichende Untersuchungen zu den Folgewirkungen von Klima- und Landnutzungsänderungen auf den Wasserhaushalt in Flusseinzugsgebieten, 2005, p. A37. [1] accessed 16 March 2010
  3. ^ Mühlencafe Wippra (called 21 February 2010)
  4. ^ Gerlinde Schlenker: Biesenrode mit Saurasen. In: Mansfelder Land - Portrait einer Kulturlandschaft, 2008, S. 279.