Aarhus Å
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Aarhus Å Århus Å (German: Aarhuser Au ) |
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 On the left side of Åboulevarden (August 2007), level with Skt. Clemens Torv |
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| location | Midtjylland region , Denmark | |
| River system | Aarhus Å | |
| Drain over | Aarhus Å → Århus Bay | |
| River basin district | I. Jylland & Fyn | |
| source |
Astrup Mose (Astruper Moor) 56 ° 1 ′ 48 ″ N , 10 ° 5 ′ 38 ″ E |
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| muzzle |
Århus Bay , southwestern Kattegat Coordinates: 56 ° 9 ′ 10 ″ N , 10 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ E 56 ° 9 ′ 10 ″ N , 10 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ E
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| length | approx. 40 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 324 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Sommerbæk, Jeksen Bæk, Tåstrup Bæk, Lyngbygård Å, Voldbæk | |
| Right tributaries | Døde Å | |
| Flowing lakes | Stilling-Solbjerg Sø, Tåstrup Sø, Årselv Engsø, Brabrand Sø | |
The Aarhus Å , also Århus Å ( German Aarhuser Au ), is a regulated Danish watercourse that rises south of the lake Stilling-Solbjerg Sø in the Astrup Mose moor east of Skanderborg and flows into Aarhus Bay in the southwestern Kattegat in the port of Aarhus . In a catchment area of around 320 km², the Aarhus Å and its tributaries form a total length of 230 km. The length given for Aarhus Å itself varies between 32 and 40 km.
The longest tributary is the 25-kilometer Lyngbygårds Å , which flows from the north into Lake Årslev Engsø , west of Aarhus . Of the lakes through which it flows, Årslev Engsø and Brabrand Sø are nature reserves according to the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive .
Aarhus Å is named after the city of Aarhus , whose name comes from the location at the mouth of the river: The place name Arus , first documented in 1231 , is made up of å (dt. Au , river; in the genitive ar ) and old Danish -ōs (dt. Muzzle). The first settlement in the 10th century was on the north bank behind a semicircular wall. The port developing at the mouth of the river expanded into the offshore Aarhus Bay in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The lower course of the river through the center of Aarhus was built over in the 1930s for hygienic and traffic-related reasons. As part of an urban redevelopment, the area between Christiansgade and the harbor was exposed again from 1989 to 2009. The resulting Åboulevarden developed into an attractive amusement mile with cafes and restaurants.
See also
Web links
- Aarhus Å in the online encyclopedia Den Store Danske (Danish)
- Aarhus Å in the AarhusWiki of the City Archives (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Den Store Danske : Aarhus Å , accessed on December 17, 2012 (Danish)
- ↑ a b c d e f g Søren Olsen: Danmarks søer og åer . 1st edition. Politics Forlag A / S, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6364-6 , Århus Å, p. 164 ff . (Danish).
- ↑ Den Store Danske: Aarhus - historie , accessed on December 17, 2012 (Danish)
- ↑ Århus Leksikon: Århus Havn ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on December 17, 2012 (Danish)
