Bode (river)
The Bode is a river in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, a left tributary of the Saale. It rises in the Harz mountains and drains them in a northerly direction. After 169 kilometres (105 mi) it discharges into the Saale at Nienburg. The river is named after a legendary giant, the wild, rampaging, Bohemian, Prince Bodo, who, according to the Rosstrappe legend, changed into a marauding dog that guarded the crown of Princess Brunhilde in the Kronensumpf ("crown marsh") in the present-day Bode Gorge (German: Bodetal). The gorge is the narrow section of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale.
| Bode | |
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The upper course of the Bode near Treseburg as it enters the Bode Gorge Nature Reserve | |
Das Flusssystem der Bode | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Harz |
| • elevation | 860 metres (2,820 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Saale |
• coordinates | 51°50′27″N 11°46′17″E |
• elevation | 80 metres (260 ft) |
| Length | 169 kilometres (105 mi) |
| Basin size | c. 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 3.5 m3/s (120 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Holtemme |
| • right | Rappbode, Luppbode, Selke |
| Towns and villages | Quedlinburg, Oschersleben, Staßfurt, Thale, Wegeleben, Gröningen |
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