Ulrichswasser
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The Ulrichswasser is a right 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...

 in the town 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 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...

, Germany.

Course

The source region of the Ulrichswasser lies roughly northeast of Königskrug in the Königsbruch marsh at the foot of the Achtermannshöhe
Achtermannshöhe
At , the Achtermannshöhe in the Harz National Park is the third highest mountain in Lower Saxony and the fourth highest in the Harz mountains....

(Achtermann) ridge at a height of about 760 metres. The stream then descends a height of 180 metres over a distance of 3 km before discharging into the Warme Bode at a height of about 580 m above sea level.

The stream is not named after Senior Forester (Oberförster) Arthur Ulrichs (1838–1927) as might be supposed. It is described as the Ulmersches Wasser on a forest map from the 18th century.
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