The Rappbode is a right-hand, southwestern tributary of the River Bode in the Harz mountains in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. In its lower reaches it is impounded by the Rappbode Dam, the largest dam in the Harz. The Rappbode rises east of the B 4 federal road near the ''Jägerfleck'' at the junction of the three federal states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Its source is about southwest of Benneckenstein and southeast of Hohegeiß at an elevation of above sea level. On the opposite side of the B 4 there are numerous source streams of the river Zorge. The Rappbode flows in a mainly northeastern direction through the villages of Benneckenstein and

Trautenstein Trautenstein is a village in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Trautenstein has 493 inhabitants . Formerly an independent municipality, it was merged into the town Hasselfelde in 2002, ...

, before it enters the

Rappbode Auxiliary Dam The Rappbode Auxiliary Dam (german: Rappbodevorsperre) is one of the two pre-dam, auxiliary dams in the Rappbode Dam system. This is the heart of the Rappbode Dam system in the East Harz, which is operated by the Saxony-Anhalt Dam Company (''Talsp ...

and, shortly thereafter, the Rappbode Dam itself. It is united with the Bode further downstream at the

Wendefurth Dam The Wendefurth Dam (german: Talsperre Wendefurth) near Wendefurth in the Harz is one of the dams downstream of the Rappbode Dam, that provides flood protection as well as impounding the River Bode to provide the lower reservoir for the Wendefurth ...

downstream.

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