Shields

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Shields
Area around the shields

Area around the shields

Data
Water code DE : 593688
location Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
River system Brew
Drain over Schaale  → Sude  → Elbe  → North Sea
River basin district Elbe
source in the Neuendorfer Moor nature reserve
Source height 58  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in the Schaale near Bennin Coordinates: 53 ° 26 '5 "  N , 10 ° 52' 57"  E 53 ° 26 '5 "  N , 10 ° 52' 57"  E
Mouth height 15  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 43 m
Bottom slope 1.1 ‰
length 40 km
Catchment area 328 km²
Left tributaries Motel , Düsterbeck
Flowing lakes Woezer See
Shields at Döbbersen after flowing through the Woezer See

Shields at Döbbersen after flowing through the Woezer See

The Schilde is a 40 km long left tributary of the Schaale in the west of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The Schaale flows over the Sude into the Elbe .

River course

The headwaters of the Schilde are located in the Neuendorfer Moor nature reserve , which belongs to the Neuendorf district of the Pokrent community , about 20 kilometers west of Schwerin . It turns first in a southerly direction, after about 13 kilometers flows through the Woezer See in the municipality of Wittendbod . From here the Schilde flows in a south-westerly direction, takes in Camin with the Motel the only notable tributary before it flows into the Schaale near Bennin .

The height difference from the source to the mouth is about 43 m (from 58  m above sea  level to 15 m above sea level).

The communities of Pokrent , Lützow , Schildenal (all districts of Northwest Mecklenburg ) as well as Wittendbod and Vellahn in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim are located on the Schilde .

Watershed

The source area of ​​the Schilde lies on the North Sea-Baltic Sea watershed : while the Schilde flows over the Elbe into the North Sea , the area north of the sources drains over the Stepenitz and Trave into the Baltic Sea .

Web links

Commons : Shields  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michael Bergemann: Complete list of flowing waters in the Elbe catchment area . Authority for the Environment and Energy, Hamburg July 1, 2015 ( fgg-elbe.de [PDF; 802 kB ; accessed on November 29, 2015]).
  2. ↑ Final report “The shields lifeline - water and moor renaturation in the Schilden valley in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve” (PDF; 2.2 MB), project status 2008, page 26