Wipper (Saale)

Wipper
The Wipper at Hettstedt
Map
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

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

Tributaries

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

Towns

The following towns and cities lie along the Wipper:

Mills

  • 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

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

See also

References

  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.