Graben-A Kamske

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Graben-A Kamske
Kamska
The Kamske at the underpass under Karl-Marx-Straße in the direction of flow

The Kamske at the underpass under Karl-Marx-Straße in the direction of flow

Data
Water code DE : 582552
location Oberspreewald , Niederlausitz , Brandenburg , Germany
River system Elbe
Drain over Spree  → Havel  → Elbe  → North Sea
Branch east of Radduscher Kaupen from the Stradower Grenzgraben
51 ° 49 ′ 37 ″  N , 14 ° 4 ′ 21 ″  E
Source height approx.  55  m above sea level NHN
muzzle about two kilometers north of Lübbenau in the Spree Coordinates: 51 ° 53 ′ 8 ″  N , 13 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  E 51 ° 53 ′ 8 ″  N , 13 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  51  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 4 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.21 ‰
length 19.4 km

The Graben-A Kamske (mostly only briefly and until 1938 Kamske ), Kamska in Lower Sorbian , is a river in the Spreewald in the south of Brandenburg .

etymology

The name Kamske is derived from the Sorbian word kamjeń ("stone") and describes a stony stream. In 1938, the National Socialists renamed the Fließ to “Graben-A” as part of the Germanization of Sorbian field names. Today it is officially called “Graben-A Kamske”, but is mostly referred to as Kamske, among other things on signs.

course

The Graben-A Kamske, in the following referred to only as Kamske, branches off about two kilometers north of Stradow from the Stradower Grenzgraben and initially flows westwards, where it is fed by the Göritzer Fließ and after another two kilometers by the Seeser Fließ . In the further course the Kahnsdorfer Kahnfahrt joins the Kamske. From there, the Kamske runs largely parallel to the Südumfluter .

After about a kilometer and a half, the Kamske meets the Dobra ( ), which flows into the Südumfluter shortly afterwards. On the further course it is fed by several smaller moats and finally passes the city of Lübbenau. There it first passes Poststrasse before turning westwards after almost 50 meters. There the small town moat branches off from the Kamske. After another 50 meters, the Kamske bends north again. World icon

After another 360 meters, the Kamske first passes the Stottoff street and shortly afterwards Karl-Marx- Straße . About 200 meters later it meets the city ​​moat . There is the Kamske Kahnhafen . In the further course of the Kamske, smaller branch rivers first branch off from the Kamske, before the Kreuzgraben and about 200 meters further the Barbaragraben branch off from the Kamske. After a total length of about 19.4 kilometers, the Kamske finally flows into the Spree about two kilometers northwest of the city center of Lübbenau .

Ecological damage

The original water balance of the Kamske was disturbed by the lignite mining in the Lausitz. The river became known because the ochering or the iron hydroxide load is particularly high in the area due to the water that is channeled into the Spree through the lignite opencast mines.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ River directory gewnet25 (Version 4.0, April 24, 2014) at the Ministry for Rural Development, Environment and Agriculture of the State of Brandenburg, accessed on October 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ Bernd Marx: Secrets behind Spreewald floating names. Lausitzer Rundschau , March 5, 2009, accessed on October 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ BrandenburgViewer of the state survey and geographic base information Brandenburg (LGB)
  4. ^ Sarah Schierack: Eisenocker endangers tourism in the Spreewald. Augsburger Allgemeine , May 7, 2013, accessed October 20, 2018 .