Salzau

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title: "Salzau" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["plön-(district)", "rivers-of-schleswig-holstein", "hagener-au-basin", "rivers-of-germany"] description: "Stream in Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzau" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Stream in Germany ::

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Field	Value
name	Salzau
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Germany
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Schleswig-Holstein
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Plön
subdivision_type4	Reference no.
subdivision_name4	DE: 965529
length_km	8.5
length_ref
source1_location	Selenter See
source1_coordinates
mouth_location	Passader See
mouth_coordinates
progression	Hagener Au→ Baltic Sea
custom_label	References
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The Salzau is a stream, roughly 8.5 km long, in the district of Plön in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Course

Together with the Mühlenau it is one of the two tailstreams of the lake known as the Selenter See. At its outlet into the Salzau near the district Fargau of Fargau-Pratjau, the water level of the lake can be controlled. On its way to the Baltic Sea it flows into the Passader See. It leaves this as the Hagener Au, which after the last few metres discharges into the Baltic between Laboe and Stein.

Origin of the name

The Salzau gives its name to the village of Salzau in the municipality of Fargau-Pratjau, whose manor house was called Schloss Salzau (Salzau Castle) locally and now houses the Salzau state cultural centre.

References

References

1. Günther, p. 15
2. "Selenter See".

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