Gieselau

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The Gieselau is a creek in the middle of the western Schleswig -Holstein, in the eastern Dithmar. He is first documented in 1531 mentioned as " Gieselowe ".

The Gieselau has multiple source streams. Two of their headwaters hot Westerau and Bellerbek, both of which have their origin north of Albers village. In the community Schrum and Welmbüttel springing sources can be found in the source stream, has been named the Neocorus in 1600 with Kellihorn - vagina - Beek, together. This stream presented simultaneously between Welmbüttel and Schrum the boundary between the two is Dithmar ( Neocorus vol II page 267 ). This stream is called later Schrum - Brooks - Beke and will continue south to Westerau and finally to Gieselau.

The creek is crossed south of Albers village on the B 204 ( Gieselau valley). The construction of the North Sea-Baltic Canal south of Lexfähre be lying natural feed was separated for Eider. Only with the construction of the Gieselau channel is restored the " old connection " next to the original bed of the Gieselau.

He is a spawning ground for sea trout. The Gieselau valley in the hilly moraine landscape, the so-called Dithmarsch Switzerland was renatured in the last decades and is now a nature reserve and is soon to be FFH. The valley is part of the grounds of the Archaeological and Ecological Centre in Albers village.

Not to be confused is the Gieselau with the Gieselau channel, which represents the connection between the Eider and the Kiel Canal and is also known by the lock Gieselau.