Randow
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| Water code | DE : 9688 (northern part) | |
| location | Germany , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Brandenburg | |
| River system | Or | |
| Drain over | Uecker → Stettiner Haff → … → Baltic Sea | |
| Origin: pseudobifurcation | Bridge over the A11 bridge 53 ° 17 ′ 43 ″ N , 14 ° 7 ′ 43 ″ E |
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| Source height | 12.5 m above sea level NHN LGB | |
| muzzle | in the south: north of Passow in the Welse 53 ° 9 ′ 41 ″ N, 14 ° 7 ′ 35 ″ E in the north: in Eggesin in the Uecker coordinates: 53 ° 41 ′ 25 ″ N , 14 ° 3 ′ 56 ″ E 53 ° 41 ′ 25 ″ N , 14 ° 3 ′ 56 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m above sea level NHN LUNG MV (northern mouth) | |
| Height difference | 12.5 m
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| Discharge at the Löcknitz level - railway bridge A Eo : 328 km² Location: 31 km above the mouth |
NNQ (May 27, 1971) MNQ 1965–2005 MQ 1965–2005 Mq 1965–2005 MHQ 1965–2005 HHQ (July 22, 1987) |
0 l / s 145 l / s 1.12 m³ / s 3.4 l / (s km²) 4.13 m³ / s 10.1 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Grenzgraben, Seegraben | |
| Right tributaries | Kleine Randow, Plöwenscher Abzugskanal, Prahmgraben, Winkelmanns Graben, Schillerbach | |
| Small towns | Eggesin | |
The Randow is a river in the east of the North German Plain , which is fed by lateral tributaries and marshland and has an estuary at both ends. The stretch of water between the two estuaries is 68 km. The water level in the apex area is 12.5 m above sea level. NHN .
In the Slavic settlement period the u. a. Randow flowing through Löcknitz is also known as " Lochnitza " (Slavic for " river of puddles ", " swamp hole " or " pit lowland "). The river was first mentioned with this name in a deed of donation from 1216, and again in 1288 in a deed describing the boundaries of the Uckermark. For the river, however, the name Randow became established around 1700.
The apex area lies between the places Schmölln (municipality of Randowtal ) and Grünz (town of Penkun ). From here the water flows off in both north and south directions. So one can speak of a pseudobifurcation .
- To the south the Randow flows to the river Welse , 35 km below its source lake and 17 km above its confluence with the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler waterway , an artificial parallel arm of the Oder .
- To the north it flows through the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald past Löcknitz and Eggesin , where it flows into the Uecker just outside Eggesin , which in turn flows a few kilometers downstream in Ueckermünde into the Stettiner Haff (Oderhaff).
The Randow runs in a glacial valley , the damp bottom of which is called the Randowbruch . This valley is somewhat narrower near Löcknitz and has been a strategically important ford for crossing the river for centuries , and further down the river it widens again. At the widest point of the Randow between Eggesin and Gumnitz there was already a bridge before the Thirty Years' War , which was replaced by a drawbridge at the end of the 19th century. Today's bridge at this point is made of concrete.
In 1905, renovation work began to drain the northern Randowbruch (between Gorkow and Jägerbrück). Several drainage ditches allowed the soil to be drained quickly in spring. Even today the Randowbruch is crossed by many drainage ditches. The so-called Moordammkultur near Retzin is also known . Here you can see and read how the local farmers won fertile pastureland from the Randowaue moor in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Obere Randow and Welse traditionally formed the border between Brandenburg and Pomerania. At around 20 km in length, the Randow is still the border between the districts of Vorpommern-Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Uckermark in Brandenburg . The names of the districts formed in 1994 during district reforms refer to the river names "Ucker" or "Uecker" and "Randow".
literature
- Friends of Burgfried Löcknitz e. V. (Ed.): Ortschronik von Löcknitz (Part I). From the first settlement to 1945 , Schibri Verlag, Milow 1999.
- Home district Pasewalk-Ueckermünde in association with the Pommerschen Zentralverband e. V. Zsgest. among employees numerous Compatriots of Manfred Vollack [ed.]: The Ueckermünde district until 1945; a Pomeranian homeland book.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ German Hydrological Yearbook Coastal Area of the Baltic Sea 2005. (PDF) State Office for Environment and Nature Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, accessed on October 4, 2017 (German, at: dgj.de).
- ↑ Friends of Burgfried Löcknitz e. V. (Ed.): Ortschronik von Löcknitz (Part I) : pp. 10–12.