The Brunnenbach is a 10 km long, right-hand tributary of the Warme Bode

Warme Bode

The Warme Bode is the right-hand headstream of the River Bode in the High Harz mountains of central Germany in the states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt...

, which flows to the west and south of Braunlage

Braunlage

Braunlage is a town and health resort in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony in Germany. It lies within the Harz mountain range, south of the Brocken.Nowadays Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly ski tourists...

 in Goslar district in the north German state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

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Course

Shortly after its source the Brunnenbach is impounded by the Silberteich

Silberteich

The Silberteich is a man-made pond and lies on the upper reaches of the Brunnenbach stream between Braunlage and Sankt Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains of Germany. Originally it was called the Andreasberger Teich or Brunnenbacher Teich, where Teich means 'pond'...

 reservoir, before it continues in a southeasterly direction past the Mutter-Kind-Heim Waldmühle, a mother-and-child centre, and local campsite. It then passes the forest inn of Forellenteich and the forest youth centre of Brunnenbachsmühle, before finally turning east. The Brunnenbach is one of the most important tributaries of the Warme Bode

Warme Bode

The Warme Bode is the right-hand headstream of the River Bode in the High Harz mountains of central Germany in the states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt...

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Tributaries

• Fußstiegbach (left)
• Großer Kronenbach (right)
• Schächerbach (right)
• Blechhüttenbach (left)