Ehle (river)

Ehle in the area of ​​Umflutkanals at Biederitz

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

Description

The river rises in the western Flaming near the place Schweinitz and flows into the Elbe at the height of the place Lostau. From east to west it touches the following places:

  • Schweinitz
  • Rosian
  • Isterbies
  • Rottenau
  • Loburg
  • Zeppernick
  • Möckern
  • Wallwitz
  • Vehlitz
  • Dannigkow
  • Gommern
  • Menz
  • Gübs
  • Heyrothsberge
  • Biederitz

On their way to the west Ehle is of seven federal highway bridges crossed:

In Schweinitz, Loburg and Möckern by the B 246 in Vehlitz and Gommern by the B 246a, in Dannigkow by the B 184 and Heyrothsberge 1 through B The oldest Ehlebrücke is located southwest of Wahlitz, it is the Klusbrücke that in was built in the 16th century.

In Calenberge opens the Ehle in the Elbe- Umflutkanal. Until the mid-18th century, the Ehlemündung was about six miles to the south near Biederitz. Only by then made ​​Elbbegradigung the mouth was moved to the north. Since then, the Ehle flows north of Biederitz by the same old bed. Mid-1960s, numerous river regulation have been made to optimize in this area, the GDR major field crop in the upper reaches. Although in most current map works the Ehle source is located east of Schweinitz, it is impossible to find in nature there, south of the town still runs only a dry river bed, the least since 1990 leads there is no more water. This results partly from the operation of the water intake Nedlitz as well as by a returning precipitation events. This lie in the drinking water supply Magdeburg GmbH ( TWM ) since the early 1990s created annually hydrogeological annual reports.

Between Möckern and Gommern the Ehle flowed through to the 19th century, an extensive swamp. Here a battle between Prussia and Russia and Napoleon's troops took place on April 5, 1813, the beginning of the expulsion of Napoleon from Germany rang ( Battle of Möckern ).

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