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Grane (river)
The Grane is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Innerste river near Goslar. It rises in the vicinity of Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz and discharges about later into the Innerste near Langelsheim. At Herzog Juliushütte, in (a district of Langelsheim) near Goslar, it is controlled by the Grane Dam. See also *List of rivers of Lower Saxony All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea. A–Z A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P *Purrmühlenbach R S T *Tiefenbeek *Trillkebach *Trutenbeek *Twiste (Oste), Twiste U *Uffe ... References Rivers of Lower Saxony Rivers of the Harz Rivers of Germany {{LowerSaxony-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian language, Saterland Frisian are still spoken, though by declining numbers of people. Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, , Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the Bremen (state), state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other its seaport, Bremerhaven (which is a semi-exclave, as it has a coastline). Lower Saxony thus borders more neighbours than any other single '. The state's largest cities are the state capital Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Germany
In 13 German states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the () or (). Most major cities in Germany are not part of any ''Kreis'', but instead combine the functions of a municipality and a ''Kreis''; such a city is referred to as a () or (). ''(Land-)Kreise'' stand at an intermediate level of administration between each state () and the municipalities () within it. These correspond to level-3 administrative units in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS 3). Previously, the similar title Imperial Circle () referred to groups of states in the Holy Roman Empire. The related term was used for similar administrative divisions in some German territories until the 19th century. Types of districts The majority of German districts are "rural districts" (German: , ), of which there are 294 . Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants (and smaller towns in some states) do not usually belong to a district, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goslar (district)
Goslar () is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim, Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel, the city of Salzgitter, and by the states of Saxony-Anhalt (district of Harz) and Thuringia ( Nordhausen). History The history of the district is linked with the city of Goslar. The district of Goslar was established in the 19th century by the Prussian government. The city of Goslar did not belong to the district until 1972, when it was eventually incorporated into the district. Langelsheim merged 1 November 2021 with the three municipalities of the Samtgemeinde Lutter am Barenberge, which was abolished. Geography The region comprises the northwestern part of the Harz mountains. The Harz National Park is part of this district. The highest peak is the Wurmberg (971 m) near Braunlage, also being the highest elevation of Lower Saxony. Above the small town of Altenau there is the source of the Oker river, which r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hahnenklee
Hahnenklee is a borough of the city of Goslar, in the German state of the Lower Saxony. It is located within the Harz mountain range between Goslar and Osterode. The population is about 1200 inhabitants. History Hahnenklee became a state-recognised climatic spa in 1882. The village had 336 inhabitants at the beginning of the 20th century.''Neumanns Orts- und Verkehrslexikon'', p. 381. Leipzig 1905. The district of Hahnenklee also comprises the former village of ''Bockswiese'', both are mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ... settlements originating from the 16th century that were incorporated in 1972. Today the area mainly depends on tourism and forestry. In the Nazi time, Hahnenklee was home to many houses of the NS organisation “Mother and Child” - in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Harz
The Upper Harz (, ) is the northwestern and higher part of the Harz mountain range in Germany. The exact boundaries of this geographical region may be defined differently depending on the context. In its traditional sense, the term Upper Harz covers the area of the seven historical mining towns (''Bergstädte'') - Clausthal, Zellerfeld, Andreasberg, Altenau, Lautenthal, Wildemann and Grund - in the present-day German federal state of Lower Saxony. Orographically, it comprises the Harz catchment areas of the Söse, Innerste and Grane, Oker and Abzucht mountain streams, all part of the larger Weser watershed. Much of the Upper Harz area is up to above sea level. In a wider sense, it also comprises the adjacent High Harz (''Hochharz'') range in the east, climbing to over in the Brocken massif. Geography The region is centred on the geological structure of the region around the municipality of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, merged in 1924. From the Clausthal ''Kulmfaltenzone'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langelsheim
Langelsheim () is a town in the Goslar (district), district of Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography The municipality is situated between the river Innerste and its tributary the river Grane (river), Grane, on the northern edge of the Harz mountain range and the Harz National Park, located about northwest of Goslar. Subdivisions Langelsheim is divided into eight ''Ortschaften''Hauptsatzung der Stadt Langelsheim § 4, November 2021. with the following population as of 30 June 2020: * Astfeld (2,097 inhabitants) * Bredelem (438 inhabitants) * Hahausen (765 inhabitants) * Langelsheim (5,067 inhabitants) * Lautenthal (1,511 inhabitants) * Lutter am Barenberge (2,296 inhabitants) * Wallmoden (907 inhabitants) * Wolfshagen im Harz (2,192 inhabitants) History T ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innerste
The Innerste () is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and in length. Origin of the name The river name is not related to the German word ''innerste'' meaning innermost. ''Innerste'', in earlier times called the ''Inste'' (1805), ''Inderste'' (1567), ''Indistria'' (1313), ''Entrista'' (1065) and ''Indrista'' (1013), probably goes back to the Indo-Germanic root ''oid'' = ''turbulent, strong''. It may be the name referred to in the name of the battlefield of ''Idistaviso, ''Idista''viso'' (16 A.D.). Course The river's source is in the Harz mountains, from the town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld to the southwest at an elevation of 615 m and is called ''Innerstesprung''. As a small brook, the Innerste flows west and passes a system of lakes, the first of which is called ''Entensumpf''. The next lakes are ''Oberer Nassenwieser Teich'', ''Bärenbrucher Teich'', ''Ziegenberger Teich'', and ''Sumpfteich''. The German word ''Teich'' means "p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean, another river, or into an endorheic basin. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goslar
Goslar (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the Goslar (district), district of Goslar and is located on the northwestern wikt:slope, slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar with over 1.500 Timber framing, timber houses and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their millennium-long testimony to the history of ore mining and their political importance for the Holy Roman Empire and Hanseatic League. Each year Goslar awards the Goslarer Kaiserring, Kaiserring to an international artist, called the "Nobel Prize" of the art world. Geography Goslar is situated in the middle of the upper half of Germany, about south of Braunschweig, Brunswick and about southeast of the state capital, Hannover, Hanover. The Schalke (Harz), Schalke mountain is the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries at . The lowest point of is near the Oker river. Geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grane Dam
The Grane Dam () is a dam above the village of Astfeld/Herzog-Juliushütte in the borough of Langelsheim in the Lower Saxon part of the Harz mountains. Dam system It is the newest dam in the Harz, built in 1969 in the Grane valley. Because the river Grane itself does not deliver enough water for the 3 km long reservoir, a 7.4 km long diversion channel was built from the Oker river below the Oker Dam. This also collects water from the Gose on the way. A further 4.8 km long diversion runs from the Radau to the Großer Romke and thus into the Oker-Grane Tunnel as well. Likewise there is a 4.6 km long tunnel to the Innerste Dam. The operator of the Grane Dam, as well as its associated diversion systems and waterworks is the '' Harzwasserwerke''. The barrage is an earth dam with asphaltic concrete lining. Reservoir The Grane Reservoir (''Granestausee'') supplies drinking water, acts as flood protection, water regulation and electricity generation. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Lower Saxony
All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea. A–Z A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P *Purrmühlenbach R S T *Tiefenbeek *Trillkebach *Trutenbeek *Twiste (Oste), Twiste U *Uffe (Wieda), Uffe *Ulrichswasser *Unterelbe V W Z *Zellbach *Zorge (river), Zorge By basin This list uses bullets and indents to show the rivers' hierarchy and the sequence from mouth (river), river mouth to source (river), source. The number of indents corresponds to the river's position in the sequence. Tributaries are shown Orography, orographically as either a left (l) or a right (r) tributary of the next waterway in the downstream direction. Elbe * Elbe (, into the North Sea) ** Medem (l) *** Emmelke ** Oste (l) (153 km) *** Aue (Oste), Aue (tributary of the Oste) (l) (14 km) *** Mehe (l) *** Bever (Oste), Bever (r) *** Twiste (Oste), Twiste (r) *** Ramme (river), Ramme (r) ** Schwinge (Elbe), Schwinge (l) ** Lühe (riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
