Söse
River in Germany
title: "Söse" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["söse-basin", "rivers-of-lower-saxony", "rivers-of-the-harz", "rivers-of-germany"] description: "River in Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Söse" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Germany ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Söse |
| image | Harz SW.png |
| image_caption | The southwestern Harz with the River Söse |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Germany |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Lower Saxony |
| subdivision_type3 | Reference no. |
| subdivision_name3 | DE: 48828 |
| length_km | 37.8 |
| length_ref | |
| source1_location | Auf dem Acker in the Harz |
| source1_elevation | ca. |
| mouth_location | Into the Rhume near Katlenburg-Lindau |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | |
| basin_landmarks | Large towns: Osterode |
| progression | |
| basin_size_km2 | 213 |
| basin_size_ref | |
| discharge1_location | at Riefensbeek gauge |
| discharge1_min | Record low: 0.012 m3/s (in 20.08.2003) |
| Average low: 0.070 m3/s | |
| discharge1_avg | 0.654 m3/s |
| discharge1_max | Average high: 13.3 m3/s |
| Record high: 56.5 m3/s (in 01.08.1967) | |
| tributaries_right | Große Bremke, Sülpkebach, Markau |
| tributaries_left | Alte Söse |
| waterbodies | Reservoirs: Söse Reservoir |
| custom_label | References |
| :: |
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Söse () is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the river Rhume and 38 km long.
Geography
The Söse rises on the plateau of Auf dem Acker in the district of Göttingen in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in Germany. From there it flows initially westwards; and is then impounded at a pre-dam and then by the Söse Dam between the Osterode village of Riefensbeek and the town of Osterode itself. In Osterode the river bends northwest, only to swing westwards near Badenhausen and then southwards near Eisdorf just a few kilometres west of the Harz. It flows in that direction through Osterode-Dorste before entering the westward-flowing Rhume between the villages of and , both part of the borough of Katlenburg-Lindau in the district of Northeim.
Tributaries
- Große Söse ("Great Söse", left headstream)
- Kleine Söse ("Little Söse", right headstream)
- Große Limpig (right)
- Eipenke (left)
- Ospenke (left)
- Lerbach (right)
- Apenke (left)
- Große Bremke (right)
- Wellbeek (right)
- Uferbach (right)
- Sulpebach (right)
- Markau (right)
- Bierbach (right)
- Dornkesbach (right)
- Goldbach (right)
- Salza (left)
- Dorster Mühlenbach (left)
Walking
At the confluence of the Great Söse and the Great Morgenbrod is the Morgenbrodt Hut (ca. 600 bis ; ). This spot is no. 148 in the system of checkpoints in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. The Morgenbrodt Hut was demolished in 2013 by the National Park Authority as it was falling down and it is not intended to be replaced. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Am_Wehr_HWN_146.jpg" caption="Confluence of the Great Söse and Great Morgenbrod by the Morgenbrodt Valley Hut HWN 146"] ::
References
References
- link. (2016-03-05 at harzer-wandernadel.de)
- (22 July 2013). "Stempelkasten der Harzer Wandernadel versetzt". [[Harz National Park]], Press release.
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