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 DankerodeTalsperre Wippra near WippraHorla (Bach) (R) near WippraSchmale Wipper (L) near WippraHasselbach (Wipper) (R) near WippraBrumbach (Bach) (R) near FriesdorfSengelbach (R) in BiesenrodeDorfbach (Wipper) (L) in BiesenrodeVatteröder Teich near VatterodeOchsenpfuhlbach (R) near VatterodeHagenbach (Wipper) (R) near MansfeldTalbach (Wipper) (R) near LeimbachFuchsbach (Wipper) (R) near GroßörnerStockbach (L) near GroßörnerAlte Wipper, also known as Regenbeck (R) near BurgörnerHadeborn (L) in HettstedtWalbke, also known as Ölgrundbach (L) near WiederstedtRote Welle (Wipper) (L) near Salzkoth/ AscherslebenEine (L) near AscherslebenMühlgraben (Wipper) (L) near Groß SchierstedtThe following towns and cities lie along the Wipper:
Wippra, pop. 1552FriesdorfRammelburgBiesenrodeVatterodeLeimbachGroßörnerHettstedt, pop. 15,629Wiederstedt, pop. 1074Sandersleben, pop. 1988Freckleben, part of the municipality of AscherslebenDrohndorf, part of the municipality of AscherslebenMehringenAschersleben, pop. 29,357Klein SchierstedtGroß Schierstedt, pop. 630Giersleben, pop. 1064Warmsdorf, pop. 812Güsten, pop. 4605OsmarslebenIlberstedt, pop. 1155Bernburg, pop. 35,897Wippermühle in Wippra (today known as Mühlencafe)Kratzmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, called after the first owner Nickel KratzHerrenmühle between Friesdorf and Rammelburg, (currently a garage) it used to be a hostel for idsKlippmühle 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.
