Kabelske

Kabelske
Location
Country	Germany
States	Saxony Saxony-Anhalt
Districts	Nordsachsen Saalekreis
City	Halle (Saale)
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Halle-Leipzig Airport
• elevation	121 m
Mouth
• location	Reide near Halle-Kanena
• coordinates	51.4579°N 12.0412°E / 51.4579; 12.0412
• elevation	91 m
Length	13.75 km (8.54 mi)[1]
Basin features
Progression	Reide→ White Elster→ Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea
Landmarks	Small towns: Schkeuditz Villages: Kabelsketal

The Kabelske is a river in the German states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a left tributary of the Reide, and flows through the counties of Nordsachsen and Saalekreis, as well as the eastern part of the borough of Halle (Saale) in southern Saxony-Anhalt.

Its source is a reservoir on the western edge of Leipzig-Halle Airport in the cadastral municipality of Schkeuditz in Nordsachsen. It then flows northwest, passes under the A 9 motorway and the Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway line near Gröbers.

Its waters flow almost entirely on the territory of the eponymous unitary municipality of Kabelsketal with its villages of Beuditz [de], Schwoitsch [de], Benndorf [de] and Naundorf [de], until it reaches the Halle city quarter of Kanena [de], where it empties into the Reide from the left. The Reide, in turn, discharges into the White Elster near Osendorf [de] after another 6.5 km (4.0 mi).

See also

• List of rivers of Saxony
• List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt

References

1. Unterhaltungsverband Untere Saale

Literature

• Hans-Werner Sonntag; Manfred Döll; René Zimmer (1999), Reide und Kabelske. Eine Bachlandschaft im Fluß der Zeiten (in German), Halle (Saale): Unabhängiges Institut für Umweltfragen e.V., ISBN 3-00-005099-X