Selke (river)

Catchment area of ​​the Selke

In the meantime, replaced by new bridge over the Selke in Selkemühle ( state 2007)

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The Selke is about 64.4 km long, south-east and right tributary of the Bode in the Harz mountain range, and in the northeastern Harz mountains in the district of Harz and salt land district, in Saxony -Anhalt. Just over half of its course lie in the wooded area of the Lower Harz, the rest from about Meis village in the agrarian Harz mountains.

Course

Unterharz

The Selke rises in the district of Harz Harz nature park / Saxony- Anhalt in the spring meadows on the Stieger height for stairs in the nature reserve Upper Selketal. Your source is at about 510-520 m above sea level. NN at the Selketalbahn. Approximately one kilometer of river below it leads to 483.1 m above sea level. NN a creek one.

For the time being also along the Selketalbahn running through the NSG Upper Selketal and according to Günter mountains along the highway 242 and also at 17 km in length Selke flows beginning in southeastern direction. They passed the west adjacent nature reserve Albrechtshaus. Below it opens one of the coming of the Schalliete Steiger Bach.

After passage of the northern Friedrichshoehe, a district of Günter mountains, the Selke extends eastward to Günter mountains, where it picks up on the western outskirts of the village in a mountain lake ( Mill Pond ) the coming ultimately from the south Katzsohlbach. In the village, among other things, the current flowing from northwest zoom Limbach opens a. Below this, where the Selke 242 runs again after interim leaving the B southeastward, flowing from the north of Steinfurt Bach.

A little later the Selke runs through Strassberg, where eimmündet from the southwest coming Rödel the creek, and to the northeast by silver hut where from northwest zoom fluent Uhlen the creek and coming from the southeast flow to the devil Grundbach. Some further north runs the Selke - after passing under the there only intersecting B 242 - a Absachnitt far along the national road 185 Having Alexisbad flows through and started flowing from northwest zoom Friedenstalbach at the monastery mill, it leaves the Günter Hochfläche in the lower resin and their Talung forms the natural space Selketal as part of the Eastern Harzabdachung. She takes the coming also from the northwest Krebsbach on. Then it passes through Mägdesprung where the Selketalbahn and the B 185 exit there to the east bend of the river.

Henceforth the Selke valley forms a long section of the city boundary between Harzgerode on whose territory the river was previously flowed almost exclusively, and Ballenstedt in the north. This is taken from the south of Schiebeck Bach and something else happens to the location above the Selkemühle site of the former castle of Anhalt north.

Upon reaching the district of Falkenstein nature reserve Upper Selketal will be replaced by the nature reserve Selketal. In this they passed the Falkenstein Castle and the castle stables age Falkenstein and Ackeburg.

When lying on the northeast edge of the resin Meis village where she has created her narrow, deeply cut or far ausholendes valley depending on the bedrock, leaving the wooded area of the mountain and at the same time the NSG Selke valley and joins the Harz region:

Harz Foreland

In the North East Harz foothills the Selke runs through predominantly agricultural area. Then it flows twice in passing under the railway line Frose - Quedlinburg and placed therebetween, again passing under the B 185 it flows through Ermsleben. From then on, it runs northwards, again the railway Crossing it, after Reinstedt.

Thereafter, the Selke flows in Salzlandkreis northwestward to and through Hoym. It crosses under the highway 6 and runs through Gatersleben. Then she crossed again in the district of Harz, the railway Halle- Halberstadt and touches Hausneindorf.

Immediately after affect of Hedersleben flows from south of the border ditch one, after which the Selke to 98.7 m above sea level. NN flows into the Saale inflow Bode.

Flood

In the past, the Selke met several times with significant harmful consequences on the shore, which resulted existing and creating new flood retention basin for the expansion plans to the state government. Particularly controversial is a medium provided, 12 to 18 m high dam building in the Selke valley at Meis village. The citizens' initiative Save the Selke valley in the eastern Harz! defends itself against this intention, because they feared the destruction of a scenically beautiful and important for nature conservation section of the Selketal. There is also against the plans of resistance by citizens of the villages in the upper reaches of the Selke, who do not feel adequately protected by a retention basin in the middle reaches. For this is another retention basin above Strassberg in planning. However, significant amounts of water are taken from below opening out of Strassberg streams, especially from the Uhlen Bach.

Inflows

The Selke has more than 20 direct inflows, fed partly by other streams.