Karthane

Karthane at Glöwen in the winter of 1954

The Karthane is a left tributary of the Stepenitz in Prignitz. Your barrel length is 48 km, it has tributaries such as the Cederbach and a number of smaller streams and meadow ditches. The catchment area of ​​436.8 km ² comprises Karthane.

Headwaters

The source area of the Karthane ( Kehrberger Karthane ) located in the area north of Wolter small village in the municipality Groß Pankow, near the mine location Seefeld between the 128 meter high butter mountain and the 120 meter high Wahrberg.

Course

From the headwaters of the Karthane that counts with the Stepenitz and Löcknitz the best preserved river systems in Brandenburg flows first south, through the Vehliner Luch and then west through the ponds plate castle. From there it meanders slightly further northwest to Bad Wilsnack, where it reaches a maximum width of 10 meters and a water depth of 0.6-1.5 meters. The Karthane forms in this area Kolk said depressions in the curve area in which carp find hiding places. Feature is the occurrence of Hasels, a fish species that exist in any other waters of the Prignitz. North of Bad Wilsnack flows through the Karthane named after their territories Karthan. In this FFH breed among others eagle ( endangered ), black stork ( threatened with extinction ) and the crane (endangered ). Behind Bad Wilsnack the Karthane flows in wide arcs only in the south and then in a north- westerly direction through the Elbe Valley, where it reaches 18 to 25 meters wide, a few kilometers upstream of the mouth there is near the village of Klein Lubin, about 800 meters long and 70 meters wide region, the width is called Karthane.

Mouth

The Karthane opens shortly before Wittenberg on Schöpfwerk Garsedow in the Stepenitz, which immediately opens on the right side at kilometer 454.9 in the same.