Wilsterau

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Wilsterau
The Wilsterau at its mouth in Stördorf, where it is connected to the Stör via the Kasenort lock (view upstream)

The Wilsterau at its mouth in Stördorf, where it is connected to the Stör via the Kasenort lock (view upstream)

Data
Water code DE : 597692
location Schleswig-Holstein , Germany
River system Elbe
Drain over Stör  → Elbe  → North Sea
origin at the Kiel Canal near Burg (Dithmarschen)
53 ° 59 ′ 16 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 12 ″  E
muzzle at Kasenort in the Stör coordinates: 53 ° 54 ′ 41 ″  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 35 ″  E 53 ° 54 ′ 41 ″  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 35 ″  E

length 19 km
Catchment area 35 km²
Small towns Wilster

The Wilsterau (also Wilster Au ) is a northwestern (right) tributary of the Stör in the Steinburg district or in the Wilstermarsch .

course

With the construction of the Kiel Canal from 1887 to 1895, the Wilsterau was cut off from its natural headwaters, which lay west of the canal near Burg (Dithmarschen) . It begins today east of the canal, to which it is connected via a pumping station, and runs from there in a south-easterly direction, makes an arc in a south-westerly direction, and then reaches Rumfleth and Wilster . The Wilsterau originally ran through Wilster in a loop, but it was shortened with a puncture . Near Kasenort, it flows into the Stör at river kilometer 63.5. Today's course is about 19 kilometers long.

Water balance

Since the construction of the Kiel Canal, the Wilsterau no longer has a natural spring. It is also only connected to the Holstenau , one of its earlier tributaries, via the Moorkanal and the pumping station on the Kiel Canal. It therefore no longer has any relevant natural inflows, but is primarily fed via pumping stations . Their catchment area today only covers approx. 3,500 hectares. Since the construction of the Kiel Canal verschlickt it by the lack of natural flow rate increasing and thus the lack of flushing action.

Fish fauna

The Wilsterau is managed by ASV "Petri Heil" Wilster eV. The water has a large population of pikeperch and perch , among the white fish dominate bream and alande , which migrate to spawn from sturgeon and Kiel Canal in the water lily fields and herbaceous areas of the tidal river and can reach huge weights there. The river is one of the best coarse fish waters in northern Germany.

photos

  • Bridge over the Wilsterau

  • Canoe dock

  • The pumping station of the Wilsterau in the Kiel Canal

swell

  1. ↑ Rowing in Schleswig-Holstein - Wilsterau ( Memento from March 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Homepage of ASV Wilster eV
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ http://www.angelsuchmaschine.de/gewaesser/schleswig-holstein/wilsterau.htm

literature

  • Klaus Bielenberg: The drainage system. The sturgeon. B. The Wilsterau. In: Heimatbuch -ommission (Hrsg.): Heimatbuch des Kreis Steinburg. Vol. 2, Augustin, Glückstadt 1925, pp. 306-312.
  • Klaus-J. Lorenzen-Schmidt: The navigable tributaries of the sturgeon: Wilsterau, Kremperau and Breitenburger Kanal , in: Home association for the Steinburg district (ed.): Steinburger Yearbook 2011: The sturgeon in the Steinburg district , Itzehoe 2010, pp. 268–284.

Web links

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