Bode (river)

Bode
The upper course of the Bode near Treseburg as it enters the Bode Gorge Nature Reserve
Das Flusssystem der Bode
Location
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt[1]
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Harz
• elevation	860 metres (2,820 ft)
Mouth
• location	Saale
• coordinates	51°50′27″N 11°46′17″E / 51.84083°N 11.77139°E / 51.84083; 11.77139
• elevation	80 metres (260 ft)
Length	169 kilometres (105 mi)
Basin size	c. 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	3.5 m3/s (120 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea
Tributaries
• left	Holtemme
• right	Rappbode, Luppbode, Selke
Towns and villages	Quedlinburg, Oschersleben, Staßfurt, Thale, Wegeleben, Gröningen

The Bode is a river in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, a left tributary of the Saale. It rises in the Harz mountains and drains them in a northerly direction. After 169 kilometres (105 mi) it discharges into the Saale at Nienburg. The river is named after a legendary giant, the wild, rampaging, Bohemian, Prince Bodo, who, according to the Rosstrappe legend, changed into a marauding dog that guarded the crown of Princess Brunhilde in the Kronensumpf ("crown marsh") in the present-day Bode Gorge (German: Bodetal). The gorge is the narrow section of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale.