Goldbach (Bode)
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The Goldbach is a left tributary of the River Bode, about 30 km long, in the Harz Mountains of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Course

The Goldbach rises east of the uplands of Elbingerode (Harz), flows through the Silberborn Valley, past Michaelstein Abbey
Michaelstein Abbey
Michaelstein Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery, now the home of the Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein - Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis , near the town of Blankenburg in the Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.-History:In a deed of Emperor Otto I dated 956 giving property to...

 and the Blankenburg Monk's Mill (Mönchemühle Blankenburg), passes under the B 6
Bundesstraße 6
The Bundesstraße 6 runs from the North Sea coast in a southeasterly direction through the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony to the Polish border.- History :...

 federal highway and is joined by numerous other streams. In spring the upper reaches of the Goldbach become in places a raging meltwater torrent. It continues on through Langenstein, running below the Spiegelsberge hills and past Halberstadt
Halberstadt
Halberstadt is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and the capital of the district of Harz. It is located on the German Half-Timbered House Road and the Magdeburg–Thale railway....

 to the south, through Harsleben
Harsleben
Harsleben is a municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....

 and Wegeleben, where it empties into the Bode
Bode
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Fauna

Numerous endangered species live in the Goldbach, such as the brown trout
Brown trout
The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....

 and small shellfish
Shellfish
Shellfish is a culinary and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Although most kinds of shellfish are harvested from saltwater environments, some kinds are found only in freshwater...

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