Salzwedeler stupid
Salzwedeler stupid | ||
Salzwedeler stupid at the stone gate in Salzwedel |
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Water code | DE : 59342 | |
location | Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | |
River system | Elbe | |
Drain over | Jeetze → Elbe → North Sea | |
source | At Neuekrug 52 ° 46 ′ 26 ″ N , 10 ° 48 ′ 31 ″ E |
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Source height | 75 m | |
muzzle | in Salzwedel in the Jeetze coordinates: 52 ° 51 '24 " N , 11 ° 9' 13" E 52 ° 51 '24 " N , 11 ° 9' 13" E |
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Mouth height | 21 m | |
Height difference | 54 m | |
Bottom slope | 1.9 ‰ | |
length | 28.2 km |
The Salzwedeler Dumme is a left or western tributary of the Jeetze (also: Jeetzel) in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).
Surname
The river name "Dumme", first mentioned in 1343 as de stupid , is of Germanic origin. Possibly the name derives from the old Low German dumba 'dust (cloud)' or dumma 'fog blanket'. Most likely, however, the derivation from the also Old Low German dumb or Old High German tumb , 'mute'. The name thus indicates the slow flow speed of the water.
course
The Salzwedeler Dumme runs a few kilometers south of the border with the neighboring state of Lower Saxony in the Altmark . It rises near Neuekrug -Höddelsen and passes in its course as the community Dähre and ends in Salzwedel in the coming from the south Jeetze .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Albrecht Greule, Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen and the associated area, settlement and field names (Berlin 2014), pp. 107-108.