Söse () is a river of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

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. It is a right

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the river

Rhume The Rhume () is a long river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine. Its source is the karstic spring of Rhume Spring in Rhumspringe, south of the Harz mountain range. The water drains with high pressure from the ground of ...

and long.

Geography

The Söse rises on the plateau of ''

Auf dem Acker Auf dem Acker (commonly called the ''Acker'') is a mountain ridge up to high, which is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony (Germany). Geography The ridge begins south of the Bruchberg near ''Stieglitzecke'' ...

'' in the district of Göttingen in the southwestern part of the

Harz The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' der ...

Mountains in Germany. From there it flows initially westwards; and is then impounded at a

pre-dam A forebay is an artificial basin or pool of water situated upstream of a larger water body such as a reservoir, lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is lo ...

and then by the Söse Dam between the Osterode village of Riefensbeek and the town of Osterode itself. In Osterode the river bends northwest, only to swing westwards near Badenhausen and then southwards near Eisdorf just a few kilometres west of the Harz. It flows in that direction through Osterode-Dorste before entering the westward-flowing Rhume between the villages of and , both part of the borough of Katlenburg-Lindau in the district of Northeim.

Tributaries

* Große Söse ''("Great Söse", left headstream)'' * Kleine Söse ''("Little Söse", right headstream)'' * Große Limpig ''(right)'' * Eipenke ''(left)'' * Ospenke ''(left)'' * Lerbach ''(right)'' *

Apenke The Apenke is a left tributary of the Söse in Osterode am Harz, Osterode in the Harz Mountains in the German state of Lower Saxony. Course The Apenke rises south of the Feenhöhe heights in the Bärengarten. It flows initially parallel to the ...

''(left)'' * Große Bremke ''(right)'' * Wellbeek ''(right)'' * Uferbach ''(right)'' * Sulpebach ''(right)'' * Markau ''(right)'' * Bierbach ''(right)'' * Dornkesbach ''(right)'' * Goldbach ''(right)'' * Salza ''(left)'' * Dorster Mühlenbach ''(left)''

Walking

At the confluence of the Great Söse and the Great Morgenbrod is the Morgenbrodt Hut (ca. 600 bis ; ). This spot is no. 148Harzer Wandernadel
Stempelstelle 146 – ''Morgenbrodtshütte''
at harzer-wandernadel.de in the system of checkpoints in the

Harzer Wandernadel The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. Hikers (or mountain bikers) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping their ...

hiking network. The Morgenbrodt Hut was demolished in 2013 by the National Park Authority as it was falling down and it is not intended to be replaced. Am Wehr HWN 146

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sose Rivers of Lower Saxony Rivers of the Harz Rivers of Germany

Geography

Tributaries

Walking

See also

References