The Wipper is a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, a left tributary of the Saale. It is 85 kilometres (53 mi) long. The name comes from the old German word "Uipparaha", which means "singing, bouncing river".
The Wipper originates in the southeastern Harz, near Harzgerode at the bottom of Auerberg mountain. The Wipper joins the Saale in Bernburg.
The following rivers are tributaries of the Wipper:
Schmale Else (L)
Wolfsberger Wipper (R) near Dankerode
Talsperre Wippra near Wippra
Horla (Bach) (R) near Wippra
Schmale Wipper (L) near Wippra
Hasselbach (Wipper) (R) near Wippra
Brumbach (Bach) (R) near Friesdorf
Sengelbach (R) in Biesenrode
Dorfbach (Wipper) (L) in Biesenrode
Vatteröder Teich near Vatterode
Ochsenpfuhlbach (R) near Vatterode
Hagenbach (Wipper) (R) near Mansfeld
Talbach (Wipper) (R) near Leimbach
Fuchsbach (Wipper) (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 (Wipper) (L) near Salzkoth/ Aschersleben
Eine (L) near Aschersleben
Mühlgraben (Wipper) (L) near Groß Schierstedt
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
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 to Wipperliese was built, he opened a pub.
1994: Between April 12 and 13, 1994, heavy rain in the lower Harz mountains led to flooding on the Wipper.
