Wipper (Saale) Explained

Wipper
Mouth Coordinates:	51.7872°N 11.7183°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Type2:	State
Length:	85km (53miles)

The Wipper is a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. A left tributary of the Saale, the Wipper is 85km (53miles) 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]}

• Schmale Else (L)
• Wolfsberger Wipper (R) near Dankerode
• Wippra Dam near Wippra
• Horla (R) near Wippra
• Schmale Wipper (L) near Wippra
• Hasselbach (R) near Wippra
• Brumbach (R) near Friesdorf
• Sengelbach (R) in Biesenrode
• Dorfbach (L) in Biesenrode
• Vatteröder Teich near Vatterode
• Ochsenpfuhlbach (R) near Vatterode
• Hagenbach (R) near Mansfeld
• Talbach (R) near Leimbach
• Fuchsbach (R) near Großörner
• Stockbach (L) near Großörner
• Alte Wipper, 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
• Mühlgraben (L) near Groß Schierstedt

Towns

The following towns and cities lie along the Wipper:

• Wippra, pop. 1552
• Friesdorf
• Rammelburg
• Biesenrode
• Vatterode
• Leimbach
• Großörner
• Hettstedt, pop. 15,629
• Wiederstedt, pop. 1074
• Sandersleben, pop. 1988
• Freckleben, part of the municipality of Aschersleben
• Drohndorf, part of the municipality of Aschersleben
• Mehringen
• Aschersleben, pop. 29,357
• Klein Schierstedt
• Groß Schierstedt, pop. 630
• Giersleben, pop. 1064
• Warmsdorf, pop. 812
• Güsten, pop. 4605
• Osmarsleben
• 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 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

• List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt

Notes and References

1. http://www.harzlife.de/info/wipper.html Die Wipper - ein bedeutender Gebirgsfluss im Harz - Wippertal - Wippertalsperre
2. Daniel Wurbs: Vergleichende Untersuchungen zu den Folgewirkungen von Klima- und Landnutzungsänderungen auf den Wasserhaushalt in Flusseinzugsgebieten, 2005, p. A37. http://sundoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/diss-online/05/06H007/prom.pdf accessed 16 March 2010
3. http://www.muehlencafe-wippra.de Mühlencafe Wippra
4. Gerlinde Schlenker: Biesenrode mit Saurasen. In: Mansfelder Land - Portrait einer Kulturlandschaft, 2008, S. 279.