Große Schweimke

Große Schweimke
Location Osterode am Harz district in Lower Saxony,  Germany
Length 3.2 km
Source South of the Schindelkopf on the Acker ridge
51°42′41″N 10°20′29″E / 51.7115°N 10.3413°E / 51.7115; 10.3413Coordinates: 51°42′41″N 10°20′29″E / 51.7115°N 10.3413°E / 51.7115; 10.3413
Source height 602 m above sea level
Mouth On the Kleine Steinau
51°42′03″N 10°18′04″E / 51.7009°N 10.3012°E / 51.7009; 10.3012
Mouth height 290 m above sea level
Descent 312 m
Basin Weser
Progression Kleine Steinau → Sieber → Oder → Rhume → Leine → Aller → Weser
Right tributaries Kleine Schweimke

The Große Schweimke is a 3.2 km long tributary of the Kleine Steinau, north of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It rises at about 602 m above sea level and 1 km south of the Schindelkopf and roughly 600 m north of the Weinbergstrasse road on the ridge known as Auf dem Acker. It flows initially in a southwesterly direction before swinging west and discharging into the Kleine Steinau.

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