Warme Bode

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title: "Warme Bode" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-lower-saxony", "rivers-of-saxony-anhalt", "rivers-of-the-harz", "rivers-of-germany"] description: "River in Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warme_Bode" 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	Warme Bode
image	Bode warme grosse herbst.jpg
image_caption	The Große Bode in autumn
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Germany
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Saxony-Anhalt
length	23 km
source1_location	Origin: confluence of the Große and Kleine Bode, near Braunlage
source1_coordinates
mouth_location	Confluence: with the Kalte Bode to form the Bode, near Königshütte
mouth_coordinates
progression
custom_label	References
extra	[[File:BodeZusammenfluss.jpg
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| name = Warme Bode | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | image = Bode warme grosse herbst.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Große Bode in autumn | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Saxony-Anhalt | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | length = 23 km | width_avg = | depth_avg = | source1_location = Origin: confluence of the Große and Kleine Bode, near Braunlage | source1_coordinates = | source1_elevation = | mouth_location = Confluence: with the Kalte Bode to form the Bode, near Königshütte | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | basin_population = | basin_landmarks = | progression = | basin_size = | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | tributaries_right = | tributaries_left = | waterbodies = | ports = | bridges = | custom_label = References | custom_data = | extra = [[File:BodeZusammenfluss.jpg|frameless]]Confluence of the Warme (left) and Kalte Bode (right) near Königshütte The Warme Bode is the right-hand headstream of the Bode in the High Harz mountains of central Germany in the states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It is 23 km long and is formed by the confluence of the Große Bode and Kleine Bode rivers.

Name

The names of the Warme and Kalte Bode ('Warm' and 'Cold' Bode) come from their actual temperature difference of about 2 °C.

Headstreams

Große Bode

The Große Bode ('Great Bode') is the left-hand headstream of the Warme Bode and is about 4.5 km long. Its source is at the foot of the highest mountain in the Harz, the Brocken, in the southern part of the so-called Brockenfeld on the border of Saxony-Anhalt. Immediately nearby are the sources of the Kalte Bode, the Ecker and the Oder. The Große Bode flows mainly southwards, on the western slopes of the Wurmberg towards Braunlage. Its course is characterised by little waterfalls and steps (Fallstufen) including the Oberer Bodefall. In front of Braunlage it joins the Kleine Bode ('Little Bode') to form the Warme Bode.

Kleine Bode

The Kleine Bode is the right-hand headstream of the Warme Bode and is about 2.5 km long. It rises at the foot of the Achtermannshöhe.

Course

After the confluence of its headstreams, the Warme Bode flows over the waterfall of the Unterer Bodefall towards Braunlage. There it is joined by the Ulrichswasser. It continues in the direction of Sorge. From the state border with Saxony-Anhalt it runs parallel to the B 242 federal road to Tanne.

Next the Warme Bode runs through a delightful valley and is united with the Kalte Bode near Königshütte, below the ruins of Königsburg to form the Bode.

Tributaries

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In brackets the location where the tributary joins the Warme Bode.
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