Wipper (Saale)

Catchment area of ​​the Wipper

The Wipper in Hettstedt

The Wipper is a 85 km long left tributary of the Saale. The Wipper counts in Saxony -Anhalt to the waters of the first order.

Course

It rises on Auersberg at Stolberg in the Harz Mountains and flows into the Bernburg Saale. A few kilometers from the mouth of branches from the Wipper at Amesdorf from the Liethe which opens at Staßfurt in the Bode.

Waters on the river course

On their way to the Saale Wipper crosses the following waters:

• Narrow Else (L )
• Wolf Berger Wipper (R) in Dankerode
• Dam Wippra at Wippra ( Another dam is currently in planning)
• Horla (Bach) (R) in Wippra

Places along the river course

Are the spa Wippra, Friesendorf, Rammelburg, Biesenrode, Vatterode, Leimbach, Großörner, Hettstedt, Wiederstedt, Sander life, Freckleben, Drohndorf, Mehringen, Ash, Small Schierstedt, United Schierstedt, Giersleben, Warmsdorf, Güsten, Osmarsleben, Ilberstedt and Bernburg.

Mills on the river course

• Wipper Mill in Wippra (now Mill Cafe )
• Kratzmühle between Friesendorf and Rammelburg, named after the first owner Nickel Scratch
• Herrnmühle between Friesendorf and Rammelburg, (now an auto repair shop ) has long been a children's holiday camps
• Clip mill between Biesenrode and Vatterode: In 1848, August Schumann bought a Mehlmahl and sawmill that has been taken over in 1893 by Reinhold Schumann. With the construction of Wipperliese he opened a taproom and soon next door restaurant. This was taken in 1923, his son Reinhold. After the 2nd World War, first led his daughter continued the business until it was taken over in 1950 by the HO. In 1980, the building had to be closed due to disrepair. His final end then found it with the demolition in 1996.
• Upper Mill in Biesenrode Dreiseitenhof with half-timbered
• Built Untermühle in Biesenrode, Vierseitenhof after fire 1914
• Great Mill Vatterode: The "Big Mill" was first mentioned in 1410 by Cyriacus Spangenberg and bought in 1832 by the Mansfeld Kuxgewerkschaft. 1952 took over the LPG " Wipper " the mill until 1996 was in the possession of the Long family.
• Dorfmühle in Großörner
• Pfeiffermühle in Großörner: The Pfeiffermühle has existed at least since the 16th century and was used primarily as a metallurgical plant. From 1906 to 1930, one could find the bread bakery of Mansfeld AG in their buildings. It is also located near the Mühlenbad, an outdoor pool, which is still used extensively today.
• Wiesenmuhle in Großörner
• Upper Mill in Hettstedt ..: The upper mill ( also called Gray 's Mill ) covered the area of today's professional fireworks Hettstedt, the Department and the AOK. The mill itself had to be demolished in 1930, although the city Hettstedt had tried to save the mill with an extensive renovation. Up to the present time the street names are only preserved, indicating a former mill site - Upper Mill Street and Mühlgartenstraße.
• Ratsmühle in Hettstedt: The Ratsmühle (also called central or Heunemühle ) probably originated in the 11th or early 12th century and was located at the level of today's savings bank. First mentioned it was in 1543 as Heunenmühle. In 1603 it came into possession of the city Hettstedt and has since been referred to as the Council or Mr. Mill. Then she is repeatedly leased before it is sold in 1858. After that, she was a long time in the possession of the family third. On October 17, 1967, the mill burned down so much that a reconstruction of this was no longer profitable. The mill burned down in October 1983 finally disappeared, as the Lower Station Road got its present shape.
• Untermühle in Hettstedt: The Untermühle in Hettstedt was first mentioned in 1480 and is located at the end of today's Mill Road. Since the 16th century it is also referred to as Heuken or Wiesenmuhle. Since its inception, it was in the Beitz Gafen of Mansfeld. After the extinction of the comital in 1780 the mill was owned by the Elector of Saxony. Nevertheless, the mill tenants could further bequeath the mill as a hereditary to the family members. Finally, the family Körbitz was the owner of the mill, before going on in 1960 as operating mill in the ownership of the LPG. In 1980 she ceases operations. Today, the mill building and the mill wheel are devastated.

Flood

Origin of the name

Elfriede Ulbricht saw here an origin from the Middle Low German, Dutch or Middle English rockers. Accordingly, the flow name in Germany is 15 times occupied, even in variations such Wipfer. The basic word was originally aha ( a variant of the -au ). This was on -a and in the early 11th century subject in the late 10th century, the weakening in-e and then disappeared completely in the Wipper. For other rivers of this name, the -a or -e received. The name would thus turn out, assemble rotating, swinging motion and water (in the sense of flowing water ).

A very similar meaning took Felix Solmsen and Ernst Fraenkel on, saw the root of the name but with even older, Indo-European origin and translate the names of rivers as the Bouncing.

Miscellaneous

• The forth known by Wilhelm Raabe " Wanza on the Wipper " is a fictional place.

• The Wipper is eponymous for the two administrative Communities Wipper - A and Saale- Wipper.

• The between Wippra and Mansfeld the river run, the following line is also called " Wipperliese " in the vernacular.

• Between Sandersleben and the mouth of the Wipper in the hall of the Wipper cycle path.
• Between Dankerode and Wippra the Harz Naturistenstieg, Germany first nude hiking trail runs.