Königsbach (Ecker)

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Koenigsbach
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location Harz , Harz district , Saxony-Anhalt
River system Weser
Drain over Ecker  → Oker  → Aller  → Weser  → North Sea
source West-southwest of the Brocken
muzzle in the Ecker coordinates: 51 ° 47 '48 "  N , 10 ° 35' 6"  E 51 ° 47 '48 "  N , 10 ° 35' 6"  E

The Königsbach is a right tributary of the Ecker in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt in the Harz Mountains .

It rises in the Goethemoor located between the Brocken and its secondary summit, Königsberg , from there flows down into the valley to the west, taking in a few tributaries, and then flows into the Ecker on the border with Lower Saxony .

In the 17th century there were disputes about the source of the Königsbach, which the Braunschweig side equated with the Eckerquelle in order to claim part of the county of Wernigerode . Until after the end of the Second World War, the border line in the upper course of the Königsbach was different from today.