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]
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.
^Daniel Wurbs: Vergleichende Untersuchungen zu den Folgewirkungen von Klima- und Landnutzungsänderungen auf den Wasserhaushalt in Flusseinzugsgebieten, 2005, p. A37.
[1] accessed 16 March 2010