Wipper (Saale)
The Wipper is a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. A left tributary of the Saale, the Wipper is 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:- Schmale Else
- Wolfsberger Wipper near Dankerode
- Wippra Dam near Wippra
- Horla near Wippra
- Schmale Wipper near Wippra
- Hasselbach near Wippra
- Brumbach near Friesdorf
- Sengelbach in Biesenrode
- Dorfbach in Biesenrode
- Vatteröder Teich near Vatterode
- Ochsenpfuhlbach near Vatterode
- Hagenbach near Mansfeld
- Talbach near Leimbach
- Fuchsbach near Großörner
- Stockbach near Großörner
- Alte Wipper, also known as Regenbeck near Burgörner
- Hadeborn in Hettstedt
- Walbke, also known as Ölgrundbach near Wiederstedt
- Rote Welle near Salzkoth/ Aschersleben
- Eine near Aschersleben
- Mühlgraben 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
- Kratzmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, called after the first owner Nickel Kratz
- Herrenmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, it used to be a hostel for ids
- Klippmühle between Biesenrode and Vatterode: 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.