Clever Au

Clever Au shortly before it flows into the pond Fritz Fey

The Clever Au ( sometimes referred to as Barger Au) is a river in the municipality Stockelsdorf and the city of Bad Schwartau in a circle East Holstein in Schleswig -Holstein.

Course

The Clever Au rises in the northern part of the municipality Stockelsdorf - west of Pohnsdorf and north of Arfrade. First it runs southward, where it unites with numerous streams, through the village Arfrade, shortly after it changes its course towards the east to the town of Bad Schwartau, where it is jammed ( at small mills ) to a mill pond in the district Rensefeld. Something behind the mill pond it flows south and empties near the A 1 in the Fritz Fey pond, which drains to the east over the mill stream in the backwaters of the River Trave.

The northern course of the Clever Au ( in Bad Schwartau and Stockelsdorf ) is from 20 March 1991 as a conservation area "Clever Au - valley and rock wood " item ( with a size of 290 ha).

Others

The origin of the name of the Au is the same as that of the former village of Cleveland.