List of waterbodies in Saxony-Anhalt
Appearance
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Waterbodies
Waterbody; Length in km; in Saxony-Anhalt flowing through; (confluence of ...); Remarks
Elbe; 1.091 km; rises in the Giant Mountains of the Czech Republic at a height of ca. 1,386 m, flows through or touches the Czech Republic, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Elbe tributaries and water bodies with their confluence in Saxony-Anhalt
- Ohre
- Schrote
- Siegrenne
- Sieggraben
- Kreuzgrund
- Faule Renne
- Große Sülze
- Schrote
- Klinke
- Eulengraben
- Großer Wiesengraben
- Kleiner Wiesengraben
- Großer Wiesengraben
- Künette
- Eulengraben
- Sülze
- Nuthe (Elbe)
- Saale
Sautal (left)
- Fuhne
- Strengbach
- Riede
- Wipper (Harz)
- Mühlgraben
- Eine
- Rote Welle
- Walbke, also known as the Ölgrundbach
- Hadeborn
- Alte Wipper, also known as the Regenbeck
- Stockbach
- Fuchsbach
- Talbach
- Hagenbach
- Ochsenpfuhlbach
- Dorfbach
- Sengelbach
- Brumbach
- Hasselbach
- Schmale Wipper
- Horla
- Wolfsberger Wipper
- Schmale Else
- Schlenze
- Salza
- Laweke
- Würde
- Querne
- Weida
- Böse Sieben
- Glume
- Wilder Graben
- Wolferoder Bach
- Saugrund
- Pfaffengrund
- Goldgrund
- Kliebigsbach
- Dippelsbach
- Vietsbach/Goldbach
- Glume
- Götsche
- White Elster
- Gerwische
- Reide
- Fuhne
- Geisel
- Mulde
- Black Elster
Elbe tributaries and waterbodies with their confluence outside Saxony-Anhalt
Special rivers
(via Oker, Aller to the Weser)
Canals
- Elster-Saale Canal: planned, largely constructed but never completed waterway between the Saale (south of Halle (Saale)) and Leipzig.
- Canal sections in Halle (Saale): planned, partially constructed but never completed canal sections near the Saale as part of the planned but never finished southern arm of the Mittelland Canal.
Standing waterbodies
Waterbody; Waterbody system; Area in ha; location of the nearest significant settlement; Remarks
The standing waterbodies are sorted by type. Their boundaries are however, somewhat fluid.
Reservoirs and forebays
- Kelbra Reservoir; Helme, Unstrut, Saale, Elbe; 600 ha; near Kelbra; bathing lake
- Rappbode Reservoir; Bode, Saale, Elbe; 395 ha; near Hasselfelde
- Wendefurth Reservoir; Bode, Hassel, Saale, Elbe; 78.0 ha; near Wendefurth
- Wippra Reservoir; Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 38.5 ha; near Wippra
- Königshütte Reservoir; Bode, Saale, Elbe; 32.0 ha; Königshütte near Wernigerode
- Hassel Forebay; Hassel, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 25.0 ha; near Hasselfelde
- Rappbode Forebay; Bode, Saale, Elbe; 24.3 ha; near Hasselfelde
- Zillierbach Reservoir; Zillierbach, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 23.0 ha; near Wernigerode
- Frankenteich; Rödelbachgraben, Selke (river), Bode, Saale, Elbe; 11.0 ha; near Straßberg in the Harz
- Kiliansteich Reservoir; Büschengraben, Rödelbachgraben, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 17.3 ha; near Straßberg in the Harz
- Upper Kiliansteich; Büschengraben, Rödelbachgraben, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 17.3 ha; near Straßberg in the Harz
- Teufelsteich; Teufelsgrundbach, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 19.9 ha; near Harzgerode
- Birnbaumteich; Birnbaumbach; 4.5 ha; near Neudorf (Harz)
- Gondelteich; Uhlenbach; 4.2 ha; near Friedrichsbrunn
- Großer Siebersteinteich; Siebersteinbach; 4.2 ha; near Ballenstedt
- Bremer Teich; Bach vom Bremer Teich; 3.7 ha; near Gernrode
- Kunstteich Neudorf; unnamed, tributary of the schmalen Wipper, schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe, 4.2 ha; near Neudorf
- Kunstteich Ballenstedt; Garnwinde, Sauerbach; 3 ha; near Ballenstedt
- Fürstenteich; Teufelsbach; 2.5 ha; near Silberhütte
- Neuer Teich; Hagentalsbach; 2.4 ha; near Gernrode
- Kleiner Siebersteinteich; Siebersteinbach; 1.8 ha; near Ballenstedt
- Bergrat-Müller-Teich; Friedenstalbach; 1.3 ha; near Friedrichsbrunn
- Erichsburger Teich; Friedenstalbach; 1.1 ha; near Harzgerode
Open cast mine lakes
- Goitzsche; near the Mulde, Elbe; 2500 ha; southeast of Bitterfeld
- Geiseltalsee; Saale, Elbe; 1842 to 1900 ha; south of Halle (Saale); former brown coal open cast mine to 2011 flooded,[1] Original smaller lakes merged: August 2008
- Muldestausee; Mulde, Elbe; 605 ha; east of Bitterfeld
- Concordiasee; flooded until 2015. 600 ha; between Nachterstedt and Schadeleben; bank collapse of 2 million cubic metres on 19 Juli 2009. 3 dead
- Raßnitzer See; White Elster, Saale, Elbe; 310 ha; east of Merseburg; former brown coal open cast mine flooded until 2000,
- Wallendorfer See; White Elster, Saale, Elbe; 338 ha; east of Merseburg; former brown coal open cast mine flooded until 2000
- Gremminer See; Elbe; 543 ha; west of Gräfenhainichen; former brown coal open cast mine (still flooded) Golpa-Nord, Ferropolis museum and event location
- Gröberner See; Elbe; 366 ha; east of Gräfenhainichen; former brown coal open cast mine (still flooded) Gröbern
- Barleber See; Elbe; 105 ha; near Magdeburg and Barleben; bathing lake
- Paupitzscher See; Mulde, Elbe; 100 ha; between Bitterfeld and Delitzsch; largest part in Saxony
- Hufeisensee; ca. 70 ha; former brown coal open cast mine and gravel pit in the borough of Halle (Saale)
- Neustädter See; Elbe; 60 ha; near Magdeburg
- Posthornteiche; 2 Teiche; 20 ha and 5 ha; former Braunkohlentiefbau, near Halle (Saale)
- Heidesee; 12.5 ha; former brown coal open cast mine, near Halle (Saale)
- Rattmannsdorfer See; 76 ha; former gravel pit, near Halle (Saale)
- Hohenweidener See; 13 ha; former gravel pit, near Halle (Saale)
- Osendorfer See; 22 ha; former brown coal open cast mine in Halle (Saale)
- Angersdorfer Teiche; 2 Teiche 6 ha and 3 ha; former clay pit, near Halle (Saale)
- Runstedter See; 23 ha former brown coal open cast mine near Braunsbedra
- Bergwitzsee; Elbe; 180 ha; south of Wittenberg near Bergwitz; former brown coal open cast mine, bathing lake
- Adria Gravel Pit; Mulde, Elbe; 12 ha; near Dessau; former gravel pit for motorway construction, bathing lake
- Gerwisch Gravel Lake
- Salbker See 1 and 2 in Magdeburg Southeast (remains of former gravel pits originally several hectares in area )
- Mondsee; ca. 38 ha; near Hohenmölsen; flooded 1989 to 1991
Water management storage
- Wettelrode Storage Reservoir; Erlbach; 4 ha; west of Wettelrode
- Schmon Storage Reservoir; Schmoner Bach; 2.2 ha; west of Schmon
Retention basins
Partially impounded retention basins
- Kalte Bode flood retention basin; Bode, Saale, Elbe; 58.9 ha; near Königshütte in the Harz
Normally non-impounded retention basins
- Stöbnitz Retention Basin; Saale, Elbe; 21.5 ha; northeast of Öchlitz in Merseburg-Querfurt
- Schrote Retention Basin; Elbe; 10.0 ha; west of Magdeburg
- Gleinaer Grund Retention Basin; Geisel; 6.3 ha; southwest of Mücheln
Natural lakes and bogs
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- Arendsee; Elbe; 514 ha; near Arendsee (Altmark); bathing lake
- Süßer See; Saale, Elbe, Böse Sieben, Salza; 247 ha; Seeburg
- Schönitzer See; Elbe; 145 ha; near Riesigk; Altarm der Elbe
- Bindersee; Saale, Elbe; 25 ha; east of Seeburg
- Kernersee; Saale, Elbe; 17 ha; east of Seeburg
- Schönfeld-Kamerner See; Elbe; ?? ha; near Schönfeld, Saxony-Anhalt and Kamern in the Landkreis Stendal
- Lake Niegripp; Elbe; ?? ha; near Niegripp in the Landkreis Jerichower Land
- Salziger See ; Salza; Weida; trockengelegt, near Röblingen am See
Ponds and others
- Gotthardteich; Geisel; 6.8 ha; near Merseburg
- Grenzteich; schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 70 are; near Neudorf
- Lausiger Teiche; Elbe; ?? ha; near Bad Schmiedeberg
- Maliniusteich; Rödelbachgraben, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; near Straßberg in the Harz
- Mensingteich; Hagenbach; 1.1 ha; near Gernrode
- Möllerteich, Graben vom Möllerteich, Büschengraben, Rödelbachgraben, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; between Straßberg and Breitenstein in the Harz
- Mühlenteich; Selke; 7.1 ha; near Güntersberge
- Neudorfer Gemeindeteich; unnamed, tributary of the schmalen Wipper, schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 50 a; in Neudorf
- Neudorfer kleiner Teich 1; unnamed, tributary of the schmalen Wipper, schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 3 a; near Neudorf
- Neudorfer kleiner Teich 2; unnamed, tributary of the schmalen Wipper, schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 22 a; near Neudorf
- Elbe-Havel Canal
- Gnevsdorfer Vorfluter
- Mittelland Canal
- Niegripper Link Canal
- Pareyer Link Canal
- Rothenseer Link Canal
- Schindelbrücher Kunstgraben
- Siebengründer Graben
See also
References
- ^ Ein Trio feiert das Flutungsende, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung vom 30. April 2011. Accessed on 1 September 2011 (digitalised)