Sellegraben
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| location | Upper Harz am Brocken , Harz District , Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany ) | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Brummeckebach → Hassel → Rappbode → Bode → Saale → Elbe → North Sea | |
| origin | Union of two source streams near Rotacker in the Harz Mountains 51 ° 40 ′ 8 ″ N , 10 ° 50 ′ 9 ″ E |
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| Source height | 502.1 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | near Hasselfelde on the B 81 in the Brummeckebach Coordinates: 51 ° 41 '10 " N , 10 ° 50' 32" E 51 ° 41 '10 " N , 10 ° 50' 32" E |
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| Mouth height | 459.2 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | 42.9 m
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| Reservoirs flowed through | Hoyer pond , Waldseebad Hasselfelde | |
The Sellegraben in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt is an orographically right tributary of the Brummeckebach in the Harz . The river ordinal number of this mountain stream is 7.
course
The Sellegraben is created in the Lower Harz in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park in an extensive headwaters around 600 m (as the crow flies ) from the southern edge of the village of Rotacker (to Hasselfelde ) from the confluence of two main spring streams. The left source stream rises at about 545 m above sea level. NHN near the nature reserve (NSG) Radeweg and the right at about 535 m above sea level at the NSG Tännichen . The confluence takes place at 502.1 m height. Two larger tributaries will be added to Rotacker. After eastern passing Rotacker the Sellegraben flows about 300 meters from the southwest edge Hassel field (to Oberharz am Brocken ) to 459.2 m height just south of the end of the resin flyover on the national highway 81 in the coming there from the west Hassel influx Brummeckebach .
In Rotacker, the Hoyerteich and the Waldseebad Hasselfelde are flown through. The Hoyer pond, which is also used as a fishing water, serves as a preheating pool for the 10,500 m² natural outdoor pool. The fish population is kept low without feeding, and protected as a habitat for crayfish . Three small sewage treatment plants in this area drain into the Sellegraben via a receiving water below the Waldseebad.
Name meaning
The connotation of the name Sellegraben is not known, but can be derived from similar rivers.
The name of the Selle-Bach and Selleke-Bach , also belonging to the river system Bode, is derived from the Middle High German selle (cell) and the Old High German salida (apartment, house, hut). This also means 'the associated land'. So it would probably be a stream that flows on the property belonging to the house. Trench is derived from the old German grabo or the medium high German dig forth. Originally, it refers to a deepening created by excavation, but the term was later also used for natural streams. The basic word digging is used for around 17 percent of the waters in the Saale river system.