Wipper (Saale)

The Wipper is a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. A left tributary of the Saale, the Wipper is 85 km long. Its name comes from the old German word Uipparaha, which means "singing, bouncing river".

Course
The Wipper originates in the southeastern Harz, near Harzgerode at the bottom of Auerberg mountain. The Wipper joins the Saale in Bernburg.

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

Towns
The following towns and cities lie along the Wipper:
 * Wippra, pop. 1552
 * Friesdorf
 * Rammelburg
 * Biesenrode
 * Vatterode
 * Leimbach
 * Großörner
 * Hettstedt, pop. 15,629
 * Wiederstedt, pop. 1074
 * Sandersleben, pop. 1988
 * Freckleben, part of the municipality of Aschersleben
 * Drohndorf, part of the municipality of Aschersleben
 * Mehringen
 * Aschersleben, pop. 29,357
 * Klein Schierstedt
 * Groß Schierstedt, pop. 630
 * Giersleben, pop. 1064
 * Warmsdorf, pop. 812
 * Güsten, pop. 4605
 * Osmarsleben
 * Ilberstedt, pop. 1155
 * Bernburg, 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: 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.