Thyra (river)

The Thyra is a 20-kilometre-long (12 mi) river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in the Harz Mountains.

Thyra
The Thyra in Berga
Location
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Mansfeld-Südharz
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	in Stolberg
• coordinates	51°34′22″N 10°57′17″E
• elevation	410 m (1,350 ft)
Mouth
• location	in the Helme
• coordinates	51°26′29″N 11°00′54″E
• elevation	152 m above NN
Length	20 km (12 mi)
Discharge
• location	at Stolberg gauge
• average	0.418 m3/s (14.8 cu ft/s)
• minimum	Record low: 0.008 m3/s (0.28 cu ft/s) (in 2003) Average low: 0.044 m3/s (1.6 cu ft/s)
• maximum	Average high: 5.19 m3/s (183 cu ft/s) Record high: 19.6 m3/s (690 cu ft/s) (in 1955)
Basin features
Progression	Helme→ Unstrut→ Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea
Landmarks	Villages: Südharz, Berga
Bridges	Thyra Viaduct
Navigable	no

Course

The Thyra begins its course in the old quarter of Stolberg in the Harz Mountains at the confluence of three mountain streams - the Große Wilde, Kleine Wilde and Lude - and then flows through Stolberg, where several streams join it, before heading south through a steep valley to Rottleberode. Here the Thyra valley becomes very wide, but near Uftrungen it narrows again. South of Uftrungen the Thyra leaves the Harz and enters the Goldene Aue, crossing Bösenrode and Berga, before this little river enters the Helme.

Influence

Several things are named after the Thyra, for example the Thyra thermal baths (Thyratherme) in Stolberg or the railway line known as the Thyraliesel.

See also

• List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt