Wipper (Saale)

Wipper
Wipper
	The Wipper at Hettstedt
Location
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Harz
Mouth
• location	Saale
• coordinates	51°47′14″N 11°43′6″E / 51.78722°N 11.71833°ECoordinates: 51°47′14″N 11°43′6″E / 51.78722°N 11.71833°E
Length	85 km (53 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea

The Wipper is a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, a left tributary of the Saale. It 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]

(L)
(R) near Dankerode
Wippra Dam near Wippra
(R) near Wippra
(L) near Wippra
(R) near Wippra
Brumbach (R) near Friesdorf
(R) in Biesenrode
(L) in Biesenrode
near Vatterode
(R) near Vatterode
(R) near Mansfeld
(R) near Leimbach
(R) near Großörner
Stockbach (L) near Großörner
, also known as Regenbeck (R) near Burgörner
Hadeborn (L) in Hettstedt
Walbke, also known as Ölgrundbach (L) near Wiederstedt
Rote Welle (L) near Salzkoth/ Aschersleben
Eine (L) near Aschersleben
(L) near Groß Schierstedt

Towns[]

The following towns and cities lie along the Wipper:

Wippra, pop. 1552
Hettstedt, pop. 15,629
Wiederstedt, pop. 1074
Sandersleben, pop. 1988
Freckleben, part of the municipality of Aschersleben
Drohndorf, part of the municipality of Aschersleben
Aschersleben, pop. 29,357
Groß Schierstedt, pop. 630
Giersleben, pop. 1064
Warmsdorf, pop. 812
Güsten, pop. 4605
Ilberstedt, pop. 1155
Bernburg, pop. 35,897

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 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.

References[]

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

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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.

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