Lude (stream)
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The Lude is a roughly three kilometre long stream in the Harz Mountains of central Germany
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, about one kilometre west of Breitenstein. Only about 400 metres separates the southern source stream of the Katzsohlbach
from the sources of the Lude and about 600 metres from the source of the Wahnborn
. From 1745 to 1910 the Rieschengraben ditch channelled water from the Lude and Schmale Lude into the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System
, where the water of the Lude was impounded by the reservoir of Möllerteich. At the foot of the Lindischberg (orographic right) and Kießlingskopf (orographic left) hills the Klippenwasser empties into the upper Lude. Only 500 metres downstream the Hellbach joins from the right. Just 500 metres further downstream the Lude has another, right-hand tributary. The stream is considerably longer than the Hellbach, has a significantly greater catchment area, its own tributaries and is impounded in its lower reaches. The name of this stream is not known.
The River Thyra is formed by the confluence of the three mountain streams of the Lude, Kleine Wilde and Große Wilde
(whose upper reaches are called the: Schmale Lude) in the old town area of Stolberg. The Thyra then continues through Stolberg flowing in a southerly direction.
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The Lude rises northwest of StolbergStolberg (Harz)
' is a town and a former municipality in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in the southern part of the Harz mountains, approx. west of Sangerhausen, and northeast of Nordhausen...
, about one kilometre west of Breitenstein. Only about 400 metres separates the southern source stream of the Katzsohlbach
Katzsohlbach
Katzsohlbach is a stream in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It flows through the Katzsohlteich pond....
from the sources of the Lude and about 600 metres from the source of the Wahnborn
Wahnborn
Wahnborn is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
. From 1745 to 1910 the Rieschengraben ditch channelled water from the Lude and Schmale Lude into the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System
Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System
Within the Lower Harz region are still many traces of the historical water management facilities used by the mining industry. In addition to water-carrying ditches and ponds, there are also long-abandoned ditches and dry pond beds...
, where the water of the Lude was impounded by the reservoir of Möllerteich. At the foot of the Lindischberg (orographic right) and Kießlingskopf (orographic left) hills the Klippenwasser empties into the upper Lude. Only 500 metres downstream the Hellbach joins from the right. Just 500 metres further downstream the Lude has another, right-hand tributary. The stream is considerably longer than the Hellbach, has a significantly greater catchment area, its own tributaries and is impounded in its lower reaches. The name of this stream is not known.
The River Thyra is formed by the confluence of the three mountain streams of the Lude, Kleine Wilde and Große Wilde
Große Wilde
Große Wilde is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
(whose upper reaches are called the: Schmale Lude) in the old town area of Stolberg. The Thyra then continues through Stolberg flowing in a southerly direction.