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Ilse (Oker)

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Location
  
Harz,  Germany

Length
  
40 km

River system
  
Country
  
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Main source
  
below the Brockenca. 900 m

River mouth
  
Near Börßum into the Oker82 m

Progression
  
Oker → Aller → Weser → North Sea

Landmarks
  
Small towns: IlsenburgVillages: Osterwieck, Veckenstedt, Wasserleben, Hornburg

Similar
  
Ilsestein, Holtemme, Großer Fallstein, Oker, Brocken

The Ilse is a river that rises at about 900 metres (3,000 ft) above sea level on the northern slopes of the Brocken. During its first few kilometres it flows as a narrow brook, almost invisible to the observer, down the side of the Brocken. Known here as the Verdeckte Ilse ("hidden Ilse") it gurgles its way under blocks of granite that hide the stream bed from above.

Map of Ilse, Germany

The Ilse then rushes through the narrow Ilse valley, hemmed in to the east by the rugged, cross-topped Ilsestein, passes by Ilsenburg into the Harz Foreland, flows through Veckenstedt, Wasserleben, Osterwieck and Hornburg and discharges into the Oker near Börßum together with the Schiffgraben from the Großes Bruch. Its total length is around 40 kilometres (25 mi).

Local folklore personifies the river as the beautiful Princess Ilse, who has her home in the rocks of the Ilsestein. The Ilse is mentioned in literary works such as the Harzreise ("Harz Journey") by Heinrich Heine.

References

Ilse (Oker) Wikipedia


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