The Wipper is a river in

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, a left tributary of the

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. It is long. Its name comes from the old German word ''Uipparaha'', which means "singing, bouncing river".

Course

The Wipper originates in the southeastern

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, near

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at the bottom of Auerberg mountain. The Wipper joins the Saale in

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Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries of the Wipper: * Schmale Else (L) * Wolfsberger Wipper (R) near Dankerode * Wippra Dam near Wippra * Horla (R) near Wippra * Schmale Wipper (L) near Wippra * Hasselbach (R) near Wippra * Brumbach (R) near Friesdorf * Sengelbach (R) in Biesenrode * Dorfbach (L) in Biesenrode * Vatteröder Teich near Vatterode * Ochsenpfuhlbach (R) near Vatterode *

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(R) near Mansfeld * Talbach (R) near Leimbach * Fuchsbach (R) near Großörner * Stockbach (L) near Großörner * Alte Wipper, also known as Regenbeck (R) near Burgörner * Hadeborn (L) in Hettstedt * Walbke, also known as Ölgrundbach (L) near Wiederstedt * Rote Welle (L) near Salzkoth/ Aschersleben *

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(L) near Aschersleben * Mühlgraben (L) near Groß Schierstedt

Towns

The following towns and cities lie along the Wipper: *

Wippra Wippra is a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2008, it has been part of the town of Sangerhausen Sangerhausen () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, capital of the district o ...

, pop. 1552 *

Friesdorf Friesdorf is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 6 March 2009, it has been part of the town Mansfeld Mansfeld, sometimes also unofficially Mansfeld-Lutherstadt, is a town in th ...

* Rammelburg * Biesenrode * Vatterode * Leimbach * Großörner *

Hettstedt Hettstedt is a town in Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, on the Wipper. It consists of Hettstedt proper and the ''Ortschaften'' (municipal divisions) Ritterode and Walbeck.Wiederstedt, pop. 1074 * Sandersleben, pop. 1988 *

Freckleben Freckleben is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2008, it is part of the town Aschersleben.Aschersleben Aschersleben () is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 22 km east of Quedlinburg, and 45 km northwest of Halle (Saale). Geography Aschersleben lies near the confluence of ...

Drohndorf Drohndorf is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2008, it is part of the town Aschersleben.Mehringen Mehringen is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2008, it has been part of the town of Aschersleben.Aschersleben Aschersleben () is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 22 km east of Quedlinburg, and 45 km northwest of Halle (Saale). Geography Aschersleben lies near the confluence of ...

, pop. 29,357 * Klein Schierstedt * Groß Schierstedt, pop. 630 * Giersleben, pop. 1064 * Warmsdorf, pop. 812 * Güsten, pop. 4605 * Osmarsleben * Ilberstedt, pop. 1155 *

, pop. 35,897

Mills

*Wippermühle in Wippra (today known as Mühlencafe) *Kratzmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, called after the first owner Nickel Kratz *Herrenmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, (currently a garage) it used to be a hostel for ids *Klippmühle between Biesenrode and Vatterode:Gerlinde Schlenker: ''Biesenrode mit Saurasen.'' In: ''Mansfelder Land - Portrait einer Kulturlandschaft'', 2008, S. 279. In 1848 August Schumann bought a flour and saw mill, which was taken over by Reinhold Schumann in 1893. When the railroad line '' Wipperliese'' was built, he opened a pub.

Flooding

* 1994: Between April 12 and 13, 1994, heavy rain in the lower Harz mountains led to flooding on the Wipper.

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